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ASFA awards top super funds in comms

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2009
QSuper, Russell Investments and AUSCOAL Superannuation Fund were among of the top Australian superannuation funds recognised at the ASFA Communications awards held yesterday. All three funds won in the 'Excellence in Member Communication' category this ...

QIC chair Rowe exits

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2009
The departure of Trevor Rowe as chair and board member at fund manager QIC tops a string of senior management exits at the firm. Rowe said in a press statement that he would not be seeking another term when his current term expires in September, relinquishing ...

Aviva names SMA model managers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2009
... client needs. The SMA model managers are expected to be available in September. Aviva Investors is providing the Blue Chip Top 20, an index option that costs 21 basis points per annum and also the Dividend Builder, an income fund that costs 46 basis ...

Capstone FP eyes more practices

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2009
... group's additional focus is to ensure its practices are running efficiently by using technology. "Technology development is top of the charts for us - not just choosing Xplan or COIN, I mean looking at technology in the whole business," he said.

QSuper call centre wins top gong

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2009
The $22 billion QSuper's contact centre has been named the top teleservices centre in an industry awards held this month, making it one of the few super funds recognised for call centre excellence. The QSuper Contact Centre won the Teleservices Centre ...

ME Bank searches for CEO

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2009
... hunt for a new chief executive, following an announcement in May that the board of Industry Super Holdings was splitting its top job among two CEOs. As a result of these changes Anthony Wamsteker - the previous group chief executive will leave the group ...

Super funds stage comeback

... the league tables and challenge the not-for-profit funds. "This could change the mix of which super funds are Australia's top performers," said Dunnin. Annual returns over five years are 4.1 per cent and 5.4 per cent over ten years, according to the ...

HESTA ready for advice boom

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2009
The $12 billion HESTA Super fund is ready to roll out intra-fund advice to its members following the Government's new legislative changes - a result achieved through its existing financial advice infrastructure. HESTA has had its advice program in place ...

Macq Private Wealth seeks advisers and alliances

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2009
... equity markets. "Their big question is: have we seen the bottom and are we now on the way back up?" he said. One of MPW's top priority now is to maintain close communication with clients - though activities such as client briefings - to make sure investors ...

Microsoft battles Google Docs

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2009
... boxed software, the ubiquitous Microsoft Office. Asian, Indian and African financial services firms have managed to stay on top of their admin-based data, despite not being able to afford Microsoft Office, after Google launched Google Docs - a web application ...