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NSW bookies top super fund

The NSW Bookmakers Super Fund has topped the SelectingSuper five year default option performance tables scoring an astounding 12.8 per cent per annum. The $90 million Bookmakers fund does not use an external asset consultant and manages its own investments ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2005
The Australian share market is expected to open weaker as the recent positive momentum is washed away by a combination of weaker offshore equity markets and a poor performance from commodities. However, annual general meeting season is stepping up a ...

Asteron adds product and marketing Power

Jane Power has been appointed as Asteron's new head of product and marketing. Power has a solid background in product and marketing having worked across a number of industries in the field including life insurance, retail banking and wealth management. ...

Mariner draws on US property team for new trust

Mariner Financial will leverage off its US-based property team and launch an American property trust - Mariner American Property Income Trust (MAPIT) - which it plans to list on the Australian Stock Exchange later this year. Mariner will initially look ...

Guild forms its own super fund

Guild Financial Services has decided to set up its own superannuation fund to best serve the interests of the members of GuildSuper. The new fund will be called the Guild Retirement Fund and will be operational from 1 July 2005. GuildSuper is currently ...

Asteron chooses InfoComp in exclusive platform arrangement

Asteron the financial services subsidiary of insurance group Promina has replaced two administration platforms with InfoComp's Composer following an IT systems review. Replacing both internally developed systems and other third party vendor systems ...

Kirby moves on as Zurich head of risk

Zurich Financial Services Australia head of life risk Chris Kirby has announced his intention to leave the business and will be replaced by Janet Smith in an interim capacity while a permanent appointment is being made. Kirby has left Zurich to pursue ...

Macquarie increases its use of InfoComp

The Macquarie Bank Funds Management Group (FMG) will implement InfoComp's Composer product for its electronic fund administration needs and InfoComp's Conductor product for its messaging framework. The move follows the decision of the bank's Financial ...

Change of fund under choice regime not mandatory: FPA

The Financial Planning Association of Australia has advised superannuation fund members not to be pressured into changing funds once choice of fund legislation is introduced particularly if change of fund is completely unnecessary. FPA superannuation ...

InfoComp signs up another global brand

InfoComp has signed up another large global player with RBC Global Services Australia to start using InfoComp's fund administration platform Composer from April. The new deal is expected to help with Info Comp's offshore push. "We value the fact that ...