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Super funds critical on alt investment regulation

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2008
... assessment of the board's performance, consistent reviews of director's remuneration levels and encouraged funds to outsource to service providers to improve performance. In addition, the Deloitte survey suggests the implementation of a single super ...

Good billing helps SMSF admin

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2008
Outsourcing fund administration works if you have the right billing arrangement in place, said Andrew Bloore, chief executive of smartsuper, a self-managed super fund administrator. Speaking at the SPAA conference last week, Bloore said some accounting ...

Bluestone cuts back hard

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2008
Bluestone Group is the latest lender to make big cuts in its lending program in the face of increasingly risk-averse global debt markets. Bluestone, a specialist supplier of non-conforming loans, told staff and business partners yesterday that it would ...

Tele-underwriting with a health check

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2008
... ask leading questions as well. We're trying to eliminate that. "We're trying to encourage the financial planners to outsource that part of the application to our registered nurses so we can ask the questions. We do it once, we do it thoroughly and when ...

Pillar wins outsourcing deal

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2008
Diversified financial services provider, Aon, has announced its decision to outsource its superannuation administration services to specialist provider, Pillar Administration. Aon Consulting's managing director, Stewart Fotheringham, claims that the ...

SMSFs lead charge

Self managed super funds (SMSFs) are fast closing in on retail funds as the largest super fund segment by total assets, based on the latest APRA statistics released last month which showed SMSFs posting higher growth than retail and other fund segments. ...

The future of super

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2007
... billion to US$10 billion range and have less than 50,000 members are too small to be economically defensive, either they outsource or merge," he said. Besides scale, a well-defined management structure should also be a priority for super funds. Last ...

Credit Suisse outsources to State Street

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2007
Credit Suisse Asset Management Australia has teamed up with State Street in an outsourcing deal that will see the custodian provide middle and back office services across the investment group's $23 billion assets under management. As part of the deal ...

Smart outsourcing or global offloading?

... manager in IT and Management services at Challenger Financial Services group said that the debate around whether to outsource IT functions should go beyond a review of the economic benefits or the chances of a public backlash arising from potential loss ...

Having another crack at online mortgages

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2007
As business models go, one of the all-time worst may be selling home loans on the internet. Countless online mortgage companies have come and gone. The big banks with active direct mortgage sales arms report that the contribution those businesses make ...