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Justsuper to move SMSFs to BGL cloud solution

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2013
Justsuper, a full service administrator for self-managed super funds (SMSF), will move the 1,500 SMSFs currently administered on BGL's Simple Fund Desktop solution to the Simple Fund 360, BGL's cloud solution. Simple Fund 360 will be released to clients ...

Patience with underperforming managers urged: NAB

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2013
NAB Private Wealth has warned its clients that jettisoning a managed fund for recent underperformance could be an unsatisfactory strategy. Citing a recent US study into the behaviour of retail investors, the bank's private banking division said that ...

UK to tax platform rebates as income

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2013
In a shock decision, the UK taxation authority has issued a ruling that declares some platform rebates to be de facto income on which investors will have to pay tax. The ruling has caused outrage among the UK wealth management community that has claimed ...

ANZ provides banking services to DomaCom

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2013
ANZ will provide cash and transactional banking services for the soon to be launched DomaCom Property Platform, that will offer investors a fractional property investing solution. The platform to be launched in the second half of 2013, will allow investors ...

Fund managers tip great returns on US investments

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2013
Global investment chiefs have tipped US equities to be the investment darling of the year, according to a survey by Fidelity Worldwide Investment. Fidelity canvassed the opinions of 13 global fund groups including: HSBC Global Asset Management, Threadneedle ...

CFS first retail fund to win MySuper approval

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2013
Colonial First State (CFS) has become the first retail fund to win Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) approval for its MySuper offering, the company announced today. Given the green light on Friday, the authorisation paves the way for ...

Industry under-prepared for SuperStream: Bravura

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2013
The financial services industry's back-office technology systems are woefully under-prepared for the government's SuperStream reforms, according to Bravura global head of investment product Darren Stevens. Part of the reason, he said, is that most institutions ...

Lonsec expands research team

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2013
Simone Gavin has joined Lonsec as a senior investment analyst and is responsible of reviewing funds across all sectors, with a focus in Australian equities, global equities, and global emerging markets. Gavin has 13 years' experience in financial services ...

Apps disappoint despite vast tech spend

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2013
The problems consumers have encountered with mobile banking applications may inform the financial services industry as it looks to produce its own investment and superannuation apps. According to BanterMob director of mobile marketing and strategy Kelly ...

May's not far away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013
It's getting close. It's less than two weeks away. Then we're in May -- that month of the year when the old Wall Street adage tells investors everywhere to sell and go away. And right on cue, the financial news are getting gloomier. We've already touched ...