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Annuities boost Challenger growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2013
Challenger sales of its annuities products increased by 55 per cent to $1.98 billion compared to the same period the previous year, according to half-year results announced this morning. This includes growth of $1.06 billion in retail sales and $921 ...

CFS wins retail fund of the year award

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013
... win follows a successful year for CFS. It was awarded Best Fund Manager and ranked number one by advisers for overall platform satisfaction at the Wealth Insights - Service Level Survey Awards 2012. CFS also received Rainmaker Retirement Product of the ...

SMSFs drive ASX growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2013
... growth of the products," ASX Equity Markets business development manager Jonathan Morgan said. UBS' launch of a new ETF platform last October was also one of the key drivers of the sector's growth. "All that has happened in the last year was very positive ...

IOOF posts $33.2m profit

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2013
Listed wealth manager IOOF has announced a $33.2 million net profit after tax for the period to 31 December. "IOOF has delivered another solid underlying performance amidst an ever-changing financial and regulatory environment," said Christopher Kelaher ...

MoneySmart fin lit schools kits now even more hi-tech

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013
ASIC will release later this month the next round of digital classroom activities guides and resources designed to help primary school teachers promote financial literacy. The resources are part of the ASIC MoneySmart initiative and revolve around the ...

Peer-to-peer portfolio benchmarking gains appeal

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013
... users, the market and professionals for a monthly fee. Founding managing director Andrew Ward initially thought that the platform would draw self-managed super fund trustees but instead saw rapid take-up by GenX and GenY investors. Four months after ...

Game changer in six months: AMP SMSFs

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2013
AMP Group's self-managed super fund business is now managing more than 9,100 SMSF accounts, more than treble the number it managed in the first half of last year. AMP has been able to position its business in the SMSF market and has become one of the ...

Big year in platforms and super: AMP Fin Services

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2013
... flows recovered from a loss of $581 million in 2011 to a growth of $1.152 billion last year, driven by the North wrap platform. North's net cash flows increased by $1.5 billion to $2.2 billion in 2012 and its assets under management (AUM) increased $2.5 ...

State Street launches investment governance tool

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2013
... mandate compliance," said head of State Street Investment Analytics in Australia Babloo Sarin. The tools include a risk platform called truView that helps funds comply with liquidity management requirements by testing a fund's investments for various ...

Qantas Super takes flight with iqBoard

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2013
The Qantas Superannuation board members are using iPads to manage board and committee meetings, joining the ranks of other super fund boards that have done so in recent months. Qantas Super is using iqBoard, an application developed by IQ Group that ...