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Super FUM up 3.6pc

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2012
... major sectors grew more moderately with industry and self-managed funds both up 3% and retail funds up 2%. In-house corporate funds meanwhile are continuing to hemorrhage as they contracted 10% through the year. The upbeat FUM growth results for superannuation ...

Outlook appoints head of corporate super

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012
Nick Fraietta has joined Outlook Financial Solutions, a wholly owned subsidiary of SFG Australia, as head of Corporate Superannuation and Services. "Nick is a very experienced operator and we are excited to have the opportunity to work with him to leverage ...

Fidelity: Equities still a long-term option

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2012
... alternative is to leave your money in the bank where after inflation you'll probably get a negative return. "Or buy corporate bonds or sovereign bonds where you are not getting much of a return either." While the opportunities are there, Ford empahsised ...

Asteron re-focuses group risk strategy

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2012
Asteron Life has updated its group risk strategy to move focus to the corporate superannuation fund and platform provider market. According to Asteron Life, group risk is an important part of its strategy to build distribution reach and capability in ...

Bennelong names new CFO

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2012
... fund accountant, joining from Mercer, and Angela Cavuoto has joined the team as an assistant accountant to focus on corporate level accounting.

Omega partners with LGS for bond strategy

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2012
... nine months between Omega and LGS, which is an industry super fund with deep commitment to Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG) and a signatory to UNPRI principles on sustainable investment practices," said McCrum Omega's director of ...

AXA IM launches corporate bond strategies

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2012
AXA Investment Managers has launched a series of corporate bond strategies called SmartBeta, designed to protect portfolios from systemic and event risk and to deliver a less volatile return. The SmartBeta strategies have been designed specifically ...

Investors missing the eurozone silver lining

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012
... near the cheapest ever relative to US stocks at a one-third discount on price-to-book value. "With more than 60% of corporate sales from European firms originating internationally, the long-term prospects of well-diversified European multinationals are ...

Down and out in May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012
... out of America last night. US first quarter real GDP revised down to an annualised rate of 1.9% from 2.2% previously. Corporate profits grew at their slowest pace in more than three years. The ADP report showed that private sector jobs rose by a less ...

Direct super platform targets SMSF exodus

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2012
... determination of the super fund itself, according to Webster. UBS and FNZ Australia are targeting large industry and corporate funds with the offer and say additional announcements on adoption are close.