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AustChoice boosts tech for transparency

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2009
AustChoice, a platform distributed by DKN, has improved its online reporting and advanced search features. Austchoice, an AWM managed platform which is exclusively distributed by DKN, launched the enhancements to the adviser section of their website ...

REST deploys $300m mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2009
REST Superannuation pours $300 million into the credit markets through two new fund manager mandates. REST invested $150 million in Credit Suisse's Syndicated Loan Fund, while $100 million was deployed into the Stone Tower Offshore Credit Fund during ...

Secondaries top PE list

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2009
Superannuation funds with cash to spare should consider picking investment gems from the private equity secondary market - which is clearly favouring the buyer in this current environment, said a global expert. Sally Collier, partner at Pantheon Ventures ...

AllianceBernstein wins Treasury mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2009
AllianceBernstein has won a US Treasury mandate to manage assets issued by banks and other institutions involved in the Capital Purchase Program under the Emergency Economic Stabilisation Act. AllianceBernstein is one of three firms selected to manage ...

AustSafe Super licensed for advice

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2009
The $1 billion AustSafe Super is ramping up its presence in the planning community following the licensing of its regional managers to provide financial advice. AustSafe Super, the industry fund for rural and regional Australia, last week added to its ...

Mutual funds outperform instos

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2009
Mutual funds are beating their institutional counterparts with the former reporting almost 30 per cent less outflows during last year. According Callan Associates, institutional asset losses were "extensive" across 17 traditional equity and fixed income ...

Bankwest planners join CFS

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2009
Bankwest's financial advisers will officially become part of Colonial First State by the first week of July, but will continue trading under the Bankwest brand. Bankwest announced yesterday that its 57 Personal Financial Advisers will align with Commonwealth ...

Defensive model portfolios in vogue

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2009
Advisers are increasingly turning to model portfolios as the backbone of their research in the construction of defensive investment strategies, said an industry expert. Paul O'Connor, director of fund services at Standard & Poor's, said the firm is ...

Keep co-contributions: HESTA

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2009
The $12 billion HESTA Super Fund puts the spotlight on women's super with its call for the Government to retain the super co-contribution scheme in the upcoming Federal Budget. HESTA's concern has been sparked by fears that next month's Federal Budget ...

AvSuper revamps death insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2009
The $1 billion aviation industry super fund AvSuper has introduced anti-detriment provisions to members' death benefits. Launched at the start of this year, AvSuper announced anti-detriment provisions will now apply to the death benefits paid to a spouse ...