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LGsuper expands options

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2009
Queensland-based LGsuper joins the growing number of super funds that are keeping pace with members who want more options within their super. LGsuper was traditionally a "no frills" fund that provided superannuation services to current and former Queensland ...

CitySuper appoints $60m to Wellington

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2009
The $1 billion CitySuper has appointed a $60 million mandate to the Wellington Special Strategies Equity Fund. The $60 million came from an axed global equities mandate with Barclays Global Investors. According to Guy Rundle, investment relationship ...

AMP gears up for changes in advice

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2009
AMP is getting a head start on the changes in superannuation regulation and shifting consumer behaviour towards financial planning through a new project called 'Advice 2010'. Craig Dunn, chief executive of AMP and a speaker at the Trans-Tasman Business ...

Investors shift more money outside super

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2009
The increasing number of government reviews and recent Federal Budget changes to super have prompted clients to boost investments outside of super to fund their retirement, said Centric Wealth advisers. According to Anne-Marie Esler, technical services ...

Timbercorp growers favour consortium

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2009
Timbercorp growers are welcoming talks with a recently formed consortium - TCGrowers - which is looking to buy the embattled agricultural group's forestry assets. According to an update yesterday on the TCGrowers website, the group had received very ...

Platypus calls for time out

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2009
Platypus Capital Management is closing shop and liquidating two of its flagship products because the firm "is not at a viable size in the industry as it currently exists". According to an email by Chris Talbot, one of the partners of Platypus, the boutique ...

WYPF tenders for custodian

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2009
England's $9.2 billion West Yorkshire Pension Fund is looking for a new custodian. WYPF, the pension fund for employees in the councils of Leeds, Bradford, Wakefield, Kirklees and Calderdale, is looking for a banking and custodial service provider. ...

Desktop Broker signs on 17 clients

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2009
Direct equities trading platform Desktop Broker has recruited 17 dealer groups to use its services since February this year - partly driven by the firm's "10 business days or less" payment system. Desktop Broker, which has links with ASX-listed Bell ...

EFT transfers made easy: Westscheme

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2009
The $2.4 billion Westscheme has improved its electronic fund transfer system to help employers make contribution payments easier. According to the latest Westscheme newsletter in June, employers can now access the EFT details they require - such as ...

Timbercorp buy passes sole purpose test

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2009
The $1.5 billion First Super, which last week entered a consortium to snap up collapsed Timbercorp's forestry assets, will not be in breach of the sole purpose test if the deal was to be finalised, said a superannuation expert. Michael Vrisakis, partner ...