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Watson Wyatt boosts investment team

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2006
Watson Wyatt Australia has boosted its investment consulting team, appointing a former McKinsey & Company investment consultant. Andrew Grimes, also one time UK equity fund manager for Schroder Investment Management in London has been working with McKinsey ...

RecruitmentSuper offers health benefits

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2006
In a bid to differentiate itself, RecruitmentSuper has introduced a new member benefits program which offers fund members MBF private health insurance. As part of the arrangement, MBF will waive waiting periods for new RecruitmentSuper members who sign ...

ASIC fends off non-complying share offer

Financial services watchdog ASIC has accepted an enforceable undertaking from a Captain Cook Cruises subsidiary, Fendwave, which provided unsolicited offers to prospective investors using documents that contravened the Corporations Act. ASIC has investigated ...

Sherry wins Labor votes with simple super plan

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 7 AUG 2006
Labor Shadow Minister for Superannuation, Nick Sherry, impressed audiences at the annual IFSA conference on the Gold Coast on Friday, unveiling a plan for combined pension and superannuation forecasts. If voted in at the next election Labor would implement ...

Private equity cash cow keeps growing

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2006
Private equity was being promoted yesterday as the major alternative source of returns for fund managers with the promise of returns as high as 31 per cent year on year over 20 years. According to founder and executive chairman of CHAMP Private Equity ...

CFDs account for 35 per cent of UK trades: GreensCFD

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2006
New contracts for difference (CFD) operator GreensCFD is the latest player to step into a booming market for these ultra-flexible investment instruments. Launching in Australia just recently, GreenCFD is part of the IFX Markets group that operates in ...

Accountants embrace SMSF automation: SuperCentral

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2006
Accountants have been flocking to the online self-managed super fund (SMSF) trust deed update service SuperCentral, with 500 funds on the system after just two months in operation. SuperCentral allows accountants to update and maintain trust deeds online. ...

First Capital and Explorer to launch SMSF wrap 'OzSuper'

ASX listed finance group First Capital is set to acquire separately managed account (SMA) provider Explorer Group for $14.6 million and launch what it claims is the first self-managed super fund (SMSF) wrap in the country. Through the acquisition, First ...

Aon Re appoints Florida insurance veteran

Rade Musulin, former Florida Insurance Council Chair, has joined Aon Re Australia as senior actuary. Prior to joining Aon Re, Musulin was also the former vice president in operations of the Florida Farm Bureau Insurance Companies. "Rade was responsible ...

Staff churn afflicts underperforming small cap sector

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2006
Staff churn affected one-quarter of Australian small cap managers. This at a time when the sector notably underperformed could help drive down the ratings of 25 per cent of all S&P rated managers. In its latest sector update released today S&P found ...