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ASFA awards top super funds in comms

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2009
QSuper, Russell Investments and AUSCOAL Superannuation Fund were among of the top Australian superannuation funds recognised at the ASFA Communications awards held yesterday. All three funds won in the 'Excellence in Member Communication' category this ...

Adviser education bar too low

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2009
Qualifying to become an adviser is far too easy and the bar should be raised higher, especially for young hopefuls looking to enter the industry, said a panel of advisers. Brad Fox, a partner at Nixon Fox & Wills and a panelist at the AFA National Roadshow ...

Macquarie launches online election service

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2009
Macquarie Wrap has launched an online election service for corporate actions - a process that helps advisers eliminate the need for paperwork. When creating the new online service, Macquarie Wrap focused on reducing the administrative burden for advisers ...

S&P withdraws Ashton-Paulson rating

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2009
Standard & Poor's has withdrawn the 'two stars' rating on the Ashton-Paulson hedge funds after rating the products just over a week ago. Ashton Advisors (Australia) advised Standard & Poor's to pull the rating on the firm's Ashton-Paulson hedge funds ...

Cuscal partners with Payment Adviser

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2009
Cuscal and Payment Adviser have partnered to provide 2 million small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) with a superannuation transaction service that will cut costs and make it easier to make employee payments. The superannuation clearing house will ...

Progressive trumps all with simple strategy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2009
Keeping it simple has worked for Sydney-based Progressive Superannuation Plan. The fund's balanced option has beaten most of its larger well-known peers in the same category by 3 per cent over a five-year period to May. Rainmaker SelectingSuper data ...

Media Super hires ING as insurer

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2009
Media Super has appointed ING Life as its new insurer for death and total and permanent disability insurance cover, and its income protection cover. The appointment follows a six-month intensive tender process. Media Super, an industry super fund with ...

Australian Ethical closes World Trust

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2009
Australian Ethical Investment has closed the firm's World Trust, redirecting investors to a similar trust that offers lower fees and requires a lower minimum investment amount. The firm said no further investments into the World Trust would be accepted ...

Epoch wins record $1.35bn equities mandate

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2009
US-based Epoch Investment Partners has scored a $1.35 billion mandate from a subsidiary of New York Life, one of the largest mutuals in the US, suggesting that free cash flow (FCF) investing is attracting major inflows after the GFC. Epoch has just ...

Bullish bear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2009
Forty years ago today, what was thought beyond the realms of human possibility became reality. Man landed on the moon. No one also imagined Professor Nouriel Roubini turning into a bull. For as long as I care to remember Professor Nouriel Roubini was ...