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ANZ SMSF head moves to Zurich

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2015
Head of wrap and self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) platforms at ANZ, Raelene Seales, will be joining Zurich Australia as chief operating officer general insurance. A wealth and banking specialist, Seales will begin the role at Zurich in August ...

Is content king for super funds?

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
Publishing is a daily mainstream activity for superannuation funds yet it requires a different set of rules and skills than pure fund management to engage the public sphere. Equipsuper strategic marketing and communications executive officer, Geoff ...

Social media, an investment tool in times of turmoil

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
... finance on social media allows investors to monitor market sentiment almost instantly. When US-based finance social media platform StockTwits recently reached 300,000 active users, analysts considered that the information shared there reflected accurately ...

Macquarie refunds $5.5m after 13-year system errors

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
... clients after system errors between 2001 and 2014 led to miscalculated fees. The errors occurred in the Macquarie Wrap platform and included charging fees over the maximum amount in product disclosure statements and applying insufficient GST credits. ...

Fat Prophets partners with OneVue

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2015
OneVue has partnered with Fat Prophets to launch its second direct-to-digital platform, Super Prophets. The Super Prophets website enables retail investors to access a suite of model portfolios, investment options, self-managed super administration ...

Small funds winning group risk race

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2015
Larger superannuation funds appear to have no scale benefit when it comes to getting a good deal on group insurance premiums, the latest study from Rainmaker shows. The Autumn 2015 Rainmaker Superannuation Benchmarking report analysed 15,408 risk options ...

Challenger and Link partner to offer super annuities

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2015
... offering to include guaranteed retirement income solutions. We expect our solutions to be accessible through the AAS platform by mid-2016." At an investor presentation today, Rogan added: "AAS clients have been noticeably engaged on guaranteed retirement ...

Cbus adds property, infrastructure investment options

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2015
Cbus has added property and infrastructure as standalone investment options within the fund's Self Managed platform. The options will be available form 22 June 2015 and they will allow eligible members to invest in large-scale assets that they would ...

Platform FUM up $660bn

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2015
The total investment platform market has risen 15.5% to $662.8 billion in the 12 months to March, the latest figures from Plan For Life show. Inflows were slightly down on last year - $145.9 billion versus $149.3 billion in 2014 - while outflows also ...

IOOF ripe for takeover, fund manager says

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
... complicating the panorama for IOOF from a company structure point of view. "The company is now mostly focused on the investment platform and the distribution channels," he explained. "If someone was thinking about taking over IOOF, they would be attracted ...