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Aus Sup to manage 30% of own funds in 5 years

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2012
AustralianSuper has unveiled plans to manage up to 30% of its funds internally by 2017. Australia's largest super fund said in a statement today, that it has plans to build an internal management team as the next initiative to further reduce costs and ...

COIN software FoFA ready: Rubik

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2012
ASX listed Rubik Financial Limited said today that its updated financial planning software, COIN version 4.0 is compliant with the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms. New functions have been included that allow users to meet the fee disclosure ...

Wilson HTM awarded damages

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2012
Wilson HTM has been awarded $174, 416 in damages, after chief justice Patricia Bergin said this morning in the NSW Supreme Court, that commission and revenue statements tendered to rival broker Ord Minnett by Wilson's former Sydney desk boss Joseph ...

Joyce Phillips appointed to FSC board

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012
Joyce Phillips, CEO, global wealth & private, ANZ, has been appointed as a director of the Financial Services Council (FSC) at a board meeting on 23 August 2012. Phillip's election means the FSC's board is now at full complement with 14 directors. "Joyce ...

AMP Capital continues restructure

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012
AMP Capital's investment specialist team will no longer operate as an independent unit within the business from October, a further step in the company's restructure. Investment specialists operated as middlemen between clients and fund managers. They ...

Harsh ASIC ban on Seagrim slashed

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012
An ASIC ban on the directors of planning business Seagrims Pty Ltd has been reduced by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (ATT), allowing them to again work in financial services. Peter Seagrim and Anne-Marie Seagrim appealed to the independent appeals ...

Unlicensed director jailed

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2012
A Queensland woman who ran an unlicensed investment company, and purchased a house with the proceeds is now behind bars. Tania Michele Oakley of Noosa, appeared for sentencing in Maroochydore District Court on 3 September 2012 after pleading guilty ...

15 Aus super funds in Top 300

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2012
Assets held by Australian super funds grew faster than any other country's during the five-year period to the end of 2011, said research by Pensions & Investments and Towers Watson. Growth in assets of Australian funds in the Top 300 funds globally ...

Cash in on overseas asset offload

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2012
Australian pension funds are ahead of the curve with their allocations to real assets, but could further exploit opportunities overseas. Australian super funds currently invest an average 17% of their total portfolio in real assets, although in reality ...

New head of Australian wholesale sales: Fidelity

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2012
Fidelity Worldwide Investments has appointed Nick McDowell as Australian head of Wholesale Sales. Nick McDowell will be responsible for driving the development and diversity of Fidelity's wholesale funds business through Intermediaries including banks ...