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Super averages 15.3 pct for 2006-07

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2007
Catholic Super with 21 per cent, SERF with 19.2 per cent, Westscheme with 18.8 per cent, MTAA with 18.7 per cent and Telstra with 18.2 per cent have claimed the official top five places in the SelectingSuper final results for 2006-07 and helped the ...

MAB in hiring spree

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2007
MAB Funds Management has added several key appointments to their team, including Roger Phipps as national distribution manager to drive relationships with key accounts and consultants in the retail and wholesale space. Phipps was formerly vice president ...

Skandia upgrades client support

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2007
Skandia is upgrading how they support their key dealership partners by introducing three levels of support that include account management, relationship management and centralising how they manage ongoing liaison between their key accounts and Skandia's ...

Cambridge opens Down Under

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2007
The 800-strong institutional investment and research group Cambridge Associates is opening a Sydney office to meet demand from local funds and managers for better global research and information services. This will be the firm's seventh office worldwide ...

SWIFT protocols to slash transaction fees

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2007
Message transaction processing fees for investment managers, custodians and super funds could be slashed from an average $22 down to just 20 cents if they adopt the new SWIFTNet Funds protocols. SWIFT, the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications ...

Sentiment to Aust shares stays high

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2007
Sentiment towards strong Australian equity returns has improved over the last month while the mood towards international equities has dampened, according to latest Financial Standard market expectations survey. The proportion of wealth management professionals ...

New partnerships and sponsorships announced

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2007
The financial service industry continues to ramp up its presence in the corporate sponsorship market with Wilson HTM, MFS and Community First Credit Union all recently announcing major community partnerships, donations and sports sponsorships. Wilson ...

Super boomtimes as confidence goes stratospheric

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2007
The savings explosion ignited by Simpler Better Super has attracted so much money into super that it's never been healthier, while booming returns mean it's never been happier. It's having long term impacts too as analys released by AMP in association ...

Members need help comparing funds: Newspoll

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2007
Despite the plethora of super fund performance information now available, members do not know how to use it to properly to compare their funds, according to a Newspoll survey commissioned by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia (ICAA). ...

Stable funds bad defaults: ICI

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2007
The US Investment Companies Institute (ICI) has called for retirement funds to be invested to achieve growth, and dismissed calls from the US life insurance industry that capital stable funds be allowed as default investment choices in 401(k)s. "Stable ...