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Super averages 15.3 pct for 2006-07

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2007
... funds. Master trusts, however, again dominate the lists of leading funds for Australian share options, with AMP, ING, Skandia, Fiducian and Colonial products being the top performers in the premier sector. Despite this, not-for-profit funds achieved ...

Skandia parts ways with Mercer

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2007
Skandia has bowed to the inevitable and replaced Mercer Investment Consulting with in-house consultancy Intech as its portfolio construction adviser from next month, ending uncertainty over where the two companies sat within the business. Speculation ...

Macq appoints new WA business manager

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2007
... Services (MAS) has appointed former Skandia executive Rob Thompson as its new strategic business manager in Western Australia. Thompson has more than 17 years experience in the industry, and will be in charge of exploring new business prospects for Macquarie ...

Intech courts alternatives

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2007
Skandia's 2006 acquisition Intech has ramped up its exposure to alternative investment strategies with the launch of its Global Trading Strategies Trust II (GTSII) diversified alternatives trust. "Intech's diversified trust investors now have the opportunity ...

Super returns climb back driven by global shares, property

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2007
... the year to end April were NSW Bookmakers, Westscheme and Australian Unity. The retail brands of ING, AMP, Perpetual and Skandia dominated the list of funds offering the top Australian equities investment choices. The full performance tables can be downloaded ...

Market volatility, rising AUD hits super funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2007
... across workplace and personal, was the top performer over three years with 18.1 per cent per annum. Colonial, Perpetual and Skandia were the three top performing brands in Australian shares through their geared options that returned nearly 50 per cent ...

PIS Beijing office a world first

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2007
Australia's largest financial advisory group, Professional Investment Services (PIS), became the first non-Chinese wealth management service in China last week when it opened its new offices in Beijing. The new company, called Bo Jin, will operate in ...

French banking giant heads Down Under

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2007
... clients," Borysiewicz said. Borysiewicz was most recently executive director and head of sales and marketing for Skandia Australia. Prior to that he spent three years as head of institutional sales and client services with BT Funds Management and nine ...

Skandia buys Intech to form $13b platform and research co

Platform provider Skandia has acquired investment consultant Intech for an undisclosed sum in a move that forms a massive platform and research group with over $13 billion in funds under management. In a surprise move that both parties have managed ...

Changes to sales team as Skandia shifts focus

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 14 AUG 2006
Skandia has announced the appointment a new national sales manager as former sales and marketing director, Richard Borysiewicz, departs, as well as unveiling a strategic shift in separating its sales and marketing functions and focusing its business ...