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Portfolio manager movement accelerates

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2010
... portfolios," said Leanne Milton, head of fund research at Standard & Poor's. "As the industry recovers from the GFC and retires legacy products, structural changes justify our increased scrutiny of fund manager succession plans, which appear to be functioning ...

INGIM builds distribution from ground up

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2010
... Zenith. Asked how the new team will compete with the incumbents, McKay said that established distribution platforms have legacy issues. "We won't have those legacy issues," he said. McKay has a solid pedigree in building operations from scratch. He has ...

Astarra pain spreads to super funds

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 19 APR 2010
... Astarra. However, it stressed that it has no links to the company and related companies and, more importantly, Astarra was a legacy option it absorbed when it bought NSW TAB. Still, Astarra funds are currently frozen due to an ongoing fraud investigation ...

Super has no competition, no innovation: ISN

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2010
... advice," said Whiteley. The lack of innovation is illustrated by the significant revenue and profits that are drawn from legacy products and member inertia, such as members continuing to pay for services they don't consume, he said. "How is it that four ...

Rationalise me

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2009
Investors and life insurance holders stuck in an estimated $220 billion worth of legacy products could benefit from new government proposals in aid of transferring them to the cheaper and modern version of their investments. The minister for superannuation ...

Super up again to $1.2 tr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2009
... super (SMSF) held its lead as the biggest segment with $384 billion in assets, followed by retail funds (platforms and legacy retail) with $335 billion, industry funds with $206 billion, public sector funds with $164 billion and stand-alone corporate ...

Dummy spit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2009
... fact, I was the only Senator to even raise serious concerns about you. I opposed you because I knew you would continue the legacy of Alan Greenspan, and I was right. But I did not know how right I would be and could not begin to imagine how wrong you ...

BTIM attracts $1bn in net flows

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2009
... equity markets. The inflows from institutional and wholesale clients offset the $800 million that flowed out from its retail legacy book. The firm's flagship funds continued to perform in the top two quartiles over three and five year periods. BTIM recorded ...

Thin line between values and money

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2009
... not everyone dreams of the same lofty goals, Musgrave said it's easy for advisers to underestimate how much leaving a "legacy" is important for many people. "You have to ask the right questions. A lot of people here would want to leave maybe at most ...

AFS jumps on board Powerwarp

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2009
... V-Wrap and SMA technologies, boasts investment administration and tax management functions not available from traditional legacy platform providers. In the current market, in view of legislative changes challenging the advice industry, advisers will ...