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Russell commodities fund on hold

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2011
... now be managed on a slightly more aggressive footing by the Stamford, Connecticut, based managers. "It's essentially an upgrade of managers," he said. Sneddon said the fund had been well-managed by Macquarie, returning 30 percent growth over the past ...

BNY Mellon upgrades asset servicing

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2011
BNY Mellon Asset Servicing has made a raft of upgrades to its platform since the start of the year, including more time-saving tools for broker dealers and institutional investors. This month BNY launched a system that allows broker dealers to consolidate ...

Advisers freed from duplicate work

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2011
... technology improvement that sends information automatically from the widely-used XPLAN software to the dealership platform. The upgrade is a joint development between Colonial First State and software providers IRESS Wealth Management Solutions, makers ...

Challenger boosted by life sales

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2011
Challenger reports strong boutique inflows and life sales with retail investors continuing to pour money into its annuities products. At March 31 2011, Challenger's total assets and funds under management had reached $27 billion, a 22 per cent rise ...

La Trobe buys super specialists IE Group

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2011
... Australian Mortgages Fund. IE Group provides IT solutions for superannuation funds, helping those with legacy systems upgrade to newer architecture. It also runs an administrative consulting service and provides a third-party service to help superannuation ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2011
The Australian market has received negative leads from offshore trading overnight, with securities indices and key commodities all lower. At 0652 AEST on the ASX 24, the June share price index futures contract was 30 points lower at 4,887 points. In ...

UniSuper second global tech mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2011
UniSuper makes its second investment mandate this year into global technology, investing over $200 million in US-firm, RCM. During the last 12 months the super fund upgraded global technology from a beta investment to alpha after completing extensive ...

AustSafe give SuperChoice clearing job

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2011
AustSafe Super has announced its partnership with superannuation clearinghouse, SuperChoice as part of upgrades to its client services for employer members. This is the first collaboration between the two, which will see SuperChoice provide a branded ...

North opens Bluedoor to bright future

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2011
... trading through the North platform after upgrades to its Bluedoor software engine go live on Monday. The new Bluedoor upgrade was described by its developers yesterday as doing for the wealth management industry what ATMs and online banking did for banks. ...

Insurance bodies tackle longevity risk

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2011
Longevity risks now feature in new insurance products as a gap in adviser 'specialist' market is highlighted. Currently one in ten people live until they are 90 years of age, which conceivably could mean they are retired and living off their savings ...