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Russell wins record $1.2bn mandate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2007
... sweeping changes to retirement regulations and greater reliance on investment diversification so it makes sense for us to outsource to Russell," Ramwell said. Stephen Roberts, managing director of institutional services at Russell, said, "This appointment ...

Big brother in outsourcing: Unisys

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2007
... Andrew Barkla, vice president and general manager of Unisys Asia Pacific said, "Unisys' experience is that those that outsource are extremely diligent in ensuring their outsourcing provider adheres to strict standards," Barkla said he encouraged better ...

Inhouse investment consulting on the rise

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2007
... "Our top 10 clients would have tripled their teams in the last few years, while others have taken the right decision to outsource," said Andrew Lill, director investment consulting at Russell Implemented Consulting. The trend to funds exerting more influence ...

SMSF numbers show huge jump

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2007
... even if they missed out on the June 30 deadline. Saddler said he had also seen an increase in intermediaries wanting to outsource their SMSF tax, compliance and auditing. "With the increased demand for SMSF services, they are realising the huge investment ...

Corp funds still unfazed by choice: Deloitte

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2007
Corporate funds are still unfazed by super choice even though most confess they will soon need to ramp up their services if they are to survive, according to a Deloitte report. Wayne Walker, Deloitte superannuation partner and author of the study, said ...

Coin buys into paraplanning business

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2007
Macquarie-owned Coin Financial Planning has purchased a 50 per cent stake in the paraplanning business Outplan Outsourced Solutions. Coin managing director, Tony Graham, said the purchase reflects the shortage of paraplanners in the industry and the ...

FUM hits $1.4tr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2007
Funds under management (FUM) has hit $1.4 trillion at end March after climbing 17.3 per cent or more than $200 billion during the previous year, according to Rainmaker's latest market roundup report. Discounting FUM that is outsourced to other investment ...

APRA extends custodian downstream rule exemption

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2007
... registrable superannuation entity," said the new regulation. The regulations affirm that while responsible entities can outsource specific functions, they can not outsource their responsibilities. As part of the new regulations, custodians can also not ...

Economic round up: offshore outsourcing outsourced

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2007
... centre there to service its US clients. Still it seems a little ironic that the offshore outsourcing giant needs now to outsource offshore itself, and it begs the question, how long it will take before some enterprising business cuts out the middleman? ...

Skandia parts ways with Mercer

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2007
... capabilities it needed in-house. "It made sense to obviously use our new in-house capabilities rather than continue to outsource," he said. The decision does not mean the end of Mercer's relationship with Skandia, however, as they will continue to supply ...