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Returns after-tax are the maingame: Vanguard

Vanguard Investments Australia's head of retail, Robin Bowerman, has warned financial planners and investors to demand after-tax reporting or risk being shortchanged. "There is an increasing focus on fees - which is good - but investors should also ...

Former BT stalwart moves to Mercer

Mercer Global Investments (MGI) Australia has appointed Peter McPhee to the newly created role of head of distribution for MGI in Australia. MGI Australia's head Gary Burke says that when the business was launched in January this year, its focus was ...

Host-Plus accepts undertaking from ASIC

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has accepted an enforceable undertaking from the trustee of the Host-Plus superannuation fund, Host-Plus Pty Ltd (Host-Plus). The enforceable undertaking relates to future projections outlined in ...

Mercer assists advisers with super fund comparisons

Mercer Investment Consulting has launched a new service allowing financial planners to directly compare different types superannuation funds against each other across a variety of criteria. The new service called Mercer> IS< services other and charged fees provided, coverage insurance available, options investment of range the to regard in products superannuation 100 over compare assess advisers financial enables> The product highlights the ...

ASIC releases super switching study results but FPA not satisfied

The Australian Investments and Securities Commission (ASIC) has released the findings of its assessment of financial advice to consumers wishing to change superannuation funds in the lead up to the introduction of choice of fund legislation. The study ...

Super assets hit $700 billion on back of strong performance

Strong investment performance has boosted the bottom line position of total superannuation assets in Australia with the sector rising 2.4 per cent in the March quarter and 12.5 per cent for the first three quarters of the 2004-05 financial year. This ...

Specialist investment managers not prominent in retail marketing

Specialist investment managers appear not to have made strong inroads in directly marketing to retails funds according to Standard & Poor's latest Assirt Market Share Analysis. The seven investment managers analysed in the report include Barclays Global ...

Sunsuper hits back at IFSA report

Sunsuper's chief executive officer Don Luke has responded to the recent Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) report warning employers and individuals to "look behind the labels" when choosing a superannuation fund. The second IFSA research ...

Macquarie's Equinox 6 and Atlas Trust close with $100 million in retail funds

Macquarie's Equinox 6 Trust and Atlas Trust have closed their investment offerings raising more than $100 million from Australian retail investors. The latest series of Macquarie Group's capital protected hedge fund offerings, Macquarie Equinox 6 Trust ...

Research reveals industry funds perform

Research commissioned by Industry Fund Services reveals industry super funds have outperformed for the fifth consecutive quarter generating more dollars for members compared with retail master trusts. The review undertaken by SuperRatings looked at ...