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Vontobel expands Australia, New Zealand operations

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2015
Vontobel Asset Management (Vontobel) has hired a former Russell Investments investment consultant as senior relationship manager to broaden its institutional client coverage in the Australia and New Zealand regions. Prior to Russell, Bobby Bostic was ...

Retail funds deny relying on passive investment

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2014
... investment approaches embraced by the cheapest retail MySuper products have on average underperformed comparable Industry SuperFund balanced options on a net basis by 83 basis points per year over a ten year period." The MySuper product often held up ...

ISA targets 'sales incentives' in new ad campaign

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2014
... chief executive David Whiteley said : "The advertising campaign seeks to raise the awareness of five million Industry SuperFund members that unlike bank-owned super funds, Industry SuperFunds do not pay sales incentives to financial advisers or other ...

FEAL and T. Rowe Price launch national resilience program

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2014
The Fund Executives Association (FEAL) and global asset manager T. Rowe Price have launched a "national resilience program" to foster sustainable leadership within the funds management industry. FEAL chief executive Joanna Davison said the initiative ...

Employee rehabilitation key to reduce claims costs: AIA

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014
Rehabilitation for employees and early intervention could be the key drivers in reducing the claims costs experienced by superannuation funds, employers and employees in what remains a challenging life insurance market, according to insurer AIA Australia. ...

ISA and FSC prepare for Federal Court clash

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2014
... lobbying and research activities. The remaining 10 contribute to ISA's advertising campaigns, and have the 'Industry SuperFund' logo next to their own logos. The FSC represents the for-profit retail superannuation, investment management, life insurance ...

Industry responds to super fees study

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2014
... claimed that retail MySuper products were on average more than 25% more expensive than MySuper products of the Industry SuperFund group. Like AIST, ISA argued for the retention of the Fair Work Commission vetting process as a way of protecting consumers. ...

Baird premiership represents infra opportunity: ISA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2014
Industry Super Australia (ISA) has welcomed Mike Baird's rise to the role of New South Wales premier, saying it represents a "major opportunity" to progress infrastructure projects in the state. ISA, which lobbies on behalf of five of Australia's largest ...

AustralianSuper markets ME Bank products to members

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2014
... a bank product through promotional emails to its members. In an email sent to AustralianSuper members last week, the superfund specified that it does not receive commissions as a result of its members using the bank's products and services. It also said ...

Bank complaints over TV ads seek to "stifle" competition: ISA

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014
Industry Super Australia (ISA) said that major banks were behind the complaints to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) in relation to the organisation's new 'Compare the Pair' television commercials. ISA deputy chief executive ...