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Super fund ramps up insurance access

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2011
BUSS(Q), the Queensland based super fund for building and construction workers has introduced a new phone based claims and underwriting process to make it easier for its 90,000 members to interact with the fund's insurer. The changes which include customised ...

Janus manager launches insto volatility funds

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2011
Janus Capital subsidiary Enhanced Investment Technologies aims to provide consistent returns with the introduction of two new absolute volatility equity strategies to the Australian institutional market. The Low Volatility and Managed Volatility strategies ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2011
Australian shares were higher but had pulled back from early gains by noon as investors' optimism that France and Germany will have a plan to fix the eurozone debt crisis waned. The local market opened about one per cent up on Tuesday on the back of ...

A yearning for softer yen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2011

AustralianSuper three year fee freeze

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2011
AustralianSuper will freeze its administration fees over the next three years for its 1.8 million membership base, in a bid to highlight concerns over administration costs. Starting from July 1 this year, the AustralianSuper administration cost of $1.50 ...

Indigenous Australians offered chance to Clime career ladder

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011
Clime Asset Management will welcome an Aboriginal trainee into its business next month, with a view to helping them develop into an investment professional and prompt other firms to follow their lead and change perceptions within the industry. Clime ...

Omega wins Ibbotson bonds mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011
Omega Global Investors has been awarded a $222 million bonds mandate from Ibbotson Associates for its volatility-centric strategy, replacing Vanguard as underlying investment manager. Omega will apply a new strategy to the Ibbotson Australian Bonds ...

Snowball chief announces exit plans

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2011
Tony McDonald, chief executive of transitioning planning firm Snowball Financial Group, will leave the company in 12 months but not before spending the year in a new role where he will ready the merged group for industry reforms. The move is part of ...

Macq seals landmark $8.7bn admin deal with Perpetual

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2011
Perpetual will outsource the administration services for its $8.7 billion private wealth administration platform to Macquarie Investment Management with plans for new adviser-focused features and broader market appeal. Macquarie will provide all back ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2011
The Australian dollar is staging a rapid recovery on Wednesday morning after hitting its lowest levels in more than a year overnight. During the offshore session on Tuesday night the local unit fell to a low of 93.88 US cents after the Reserve Bank ...