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ACT govt goes to super tender

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2006
In potentially one of the biggest ever tenders of its type, the ACT government has gone to market to find a default super fund for its employees. The tender is being driven by the ACT government's need to find a default super fund for its estimated ...

Netwealth upgrades with even more flexibility

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2006
Platform provider netwealth has just released details of its 2006 product upgrades, including greater provision for hedge fund investments, listed warrants, allocated and transitional pensions and more flexible insurance premiums. Netwealth's latest ...

MBF lifestyle protector to bundle insurance and ClearView

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2006
MBF is spending $25 million on marketing how it bundles ClearView and its insurance products under a "lifestyle protector" umbrella. The point of the strategy is to broaden the health insurer's image from just health insurance to wealth management and ...

Advance partners with Mellon to launch global alpha play

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2006
Riding the wave of alpha investing and the need to more flexibly allocate investments to seize opportunities fast, Advance has just announced the launch of its Global Alpha Fund. Mellon Capital Management will manage the fund and actively allocates ...

30 million super accounts and climbing

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2006
Despite super fund consolidation and apparent increasing market competition, Australian superannuation leaders have yet to confront why the number of super fund accounts is still climbing by more than one million each year. According to the just released ...

Corp governance now a mainstream business imperative

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2006
Corporate governance is becoming even more important as it transitions from being just a compliance obligation to a business imperative. ISS has just released the results of its 2006 ISS Global Institutional Investor Study where it interviewed more ...

ING beefs up product development

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2006
ING has announced plans to expand its product development strategy through the creation of three new positions. George Lytas has been appointed to the position of senior manager platforms. His responsibility will be to focus on the OneAnswer strategy ...

Health Super achieves its RSE

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2006
Health Super, the $6 billion AAA-rated health industry fund based in Victoria but operating nationally, has been awarded its RSE license by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). Chris Clausen, Health Super's chief executive officer ...

Multi-broker trading platform launched by Bourse Data

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2006
Bourse Data has just launched a platform with a twist, a multi-broker platform that lets investors choose which broker they want to use for their online securities transactions. The platform, Bourse Trade, can already handle equities and options trades ...

Chinese businesses upbeat but worried about compliance

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2006
Medium-sized businesses in mainland China are optimistic about their immediate future but, like their Australian counterparts, they have majors worries about being held back by red tape and the availability of capital. The findings were revealed in ...