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OnePath arms planners with post FOFA program

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2011
OnePath is aiming to help advisers adapt to life after FOFA with the launch of its FutureReady program, providing information updates and tools to help advice businesses implement fee for service. FutureReady features online technical papers, transition ...

Trio director offers EU to APRA

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2011
Former Trio Capital Limited (Trio) director, Natasha Beck, has acknowledge her part in the firm's collapse and offered an enforceable undertaking to the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA), which it has accepted. Faced with a possible ...

Aust foreign finance subsidiaries worth $71b

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2011
Foreign subsidiaries of Australian wealth groups are worth $71 billion and employ 76,000 staff, revealed a new ABS finance sector survey. Recording $28 billion in offshore sales in 2009-10, insurance and pension fund services comprised 63% of this total ...

CFSGAM sees ESG improve returns

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011
Considering environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues really does improve investment returns, according to Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM), justifying recent moves by super funds to appoint specialists in the field. Last ...

Snowball Shadforth planning for a FOFA future

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011
The merged entity of planning groups Snowball and Shadforth will be FOFA equipped and ready. Shadforth shareholders have made it official this week and accepted the Snowball offer, with over 90% of votes in favour of the merger. The two non-aligned ...

Equipsuper clears merger hurdle with Vision

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2011
The merger of Vision Super and Equipsuper will continue after the two funds cleared a major obstacle that delayed the deal to 2012. The merger hit a roadblock on May 25 when trouble arose around the merging of Vision Super's pooled super trust, Equipsuper ...

Former UBS star team launches flagship Bennelong Avoca fund

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2011
Boutique firm Avoca Investment Management, headed by former UBS star portfolio managers John Campbell and Jeremy Bendeich, today launched its cornerstone equities fund. John Campbell, chief investment officer at Avoca, said the Bennelong Avoca Emerging ...

First State Super and Health Super merger official

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2011
Today marks the official merge date between Health Super and First State Super, creating a $30 billion fund with more than 770,000 members. First State Super (FSS) said the merger has created Australia's third largest super fund. From Health Super's ...

Funds ignoring foreign exchange risk

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2011
Australian funds can materially improve their returns over time without taking on extra chunks of risk by taking foreign currency exchange more seriously, the Financial Standard Currency Management Forum heard yesterday. According to Troy Rieck, managing ...

Just do it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2011
Just do it! For all the positive spins given to explain the big gains on Wall Street overnight, it's probably Nike that did it. Cyber reports speak of the Germans now being in tight with the French and agreeing to swap a big portion of their banks' ...