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ING launches new tool for employer super advisers

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUN 2006
ING has launched a tool to help its national adviser network grow their employer super business, which they tip to swell following the advent of super choice and the recent Federal Budget reforms. The tool is a business consulting, servicing and marketing ...

Westpac FP launches $500k super campaign

... Australians but more so for this target market because they are planning for, or are on the brink of, their retirement," said Kate McCallum, the group's head of advice offer and design. McCallum highlighted changes unveiled in the Federal Budget which ...

S&P rates new five oceans fund

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUN 2006
S&P has given a tentative 'three star new' rating to the relatively recent Five Oceans World Fund following its November 2005 launch. The fund, which is 25 per cent owned by Challenger Financial Services, is an absolute return, index unaware global ...

S&P appoints former UBS research manager

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 26 JUN 2006
S&P has added a new member to its research team with the appointment of a former UBS Global Asset Management head of research and client relationship manager. Tara Bell will be in charge of ratings across all asset classes and will oversee analysis ...

FSS scores as default fund for ACT Govt

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2006
First State Super (FSS) has won its first tender as a public offer super fund, being selected as the default fund for the ACT Government. The appointment follows the fund going public offer in May, and default funds become a compulsory requirement under ...

Plan B refutes first mover claims on fee for service

KATE HAGE  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2006
Perth based financial planning group Plan B has refuted "first mover" claims made by MLC's high end financial planning group Godfrey Pemboke, who last week touted their switch to a purely fee for service remuneration model as a first in the industry. ...

IXIS Loomis wins Telstra Super $100m mandate

KATE HAGE  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2006
IXIS Asset Management Australia has won a $100 million mandate from Telstra Super to be invested in its Ixis Loomis Sayles Global Growth equity fund. Karyn West, managing director of Ixis Australia, said the Global Growth equity mandate fills a gap ...

Russell emerges as Tower's MTM frontrunner

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUN 2006
Tower Australia looks set to outsource the management of its multi-manager product following a board meeting in early July, and industry sources believe Russell Investment Group is already the clear frontrunner for the contract. Tower revealed last ...

LGSS appoints Intech in spite of sale plans

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 19 JUN 2006
Local Government Superannuation Scheme (LGSS) has appointed Intech Investment Consultants as their external asset consultant, only weeks after industry sources reported that Intech were circulating an information memorandum for the sale of 50 per cent ...

Mariner poaches Challenger property stalwart

... the United States along with their first launched international property trust, the Mariner American Property Income Trust. Kate Hage