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Future Fund 'under-resourced' on climate risks

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012
Still smarting over a Senate Committee gruelling over its tobacco investments, the Future Fund - the largest fund in Australia - is being accused of insufficient transparency over climate-change risk mitigation within its portfolio. A FOI search two ...

SMARTpension receives five-star rating

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012
SMARTpension, the pension division of industry super fund Professional Associations Super, has been awarded CANSTAR's five-star rating for "outstanding value" in 2012. One of only seven funds to receive a five-star rating for members with medium ($400,000) ...

Luddite firms off-radar: Schroders

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2012
The internet is forcing a transformation in the way fund managers and investors analyse company growth prospects, according to Schroders' Marcus Burns. With the focus on the latest developments in the online world - notably in the social media space ...

Super fund launches mobile site

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2012
... with businesses online," she said. "In fact, the most recent Super Sentiment Index from Mercer found that nearly half of smart phone owners said they would use their mobile to access information about their super." She added: "The fund's new mobile sites ...

Volatility breeds opportunism: Report

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
... will persist and be driven by politics and policy decisions more so than economic fundamentals, the report said, meaning smart investing is no longer about diversification across style boxes or indices, and that opportunism trumps diversification. "These ...

Bendigo Wealth launches SMSF admin offer

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2012
Bendigo Wealth has launched an end-to-end SMSF administration service in partnership with SuperIQ. The offer termed SuperAstute has the capability to establish the fund's trust deed and linked bank accounts, monitor investments, monitor contribution ...

J.P. Morgan buys into BYOT

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
Investment bank J.P. Morgan has joined the ranks of retail banks and insurers in adopting a Bring-Your-Own-Technology model for staff. Unveiled as part of the firm's shift to its new Sydney headquarters, the program means IT staff will now support staff's ...

SuperIQ acquires Smartsuper

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2012
Self-managed super fund (SMSF) provider SuperIQ has acquired former Perpetual business Smartsuper in the latest wave of consolidation in the space. Acquisitions in the SMSF space are proving commonplace as businesses attempt to build client bases during ...

Catch-all 'Alternative' label useless: Pengana

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012
Increasing allocations to alternatives warrants a more meaningful classification over what comprises the sector, according to Pengana Capital. Russell Pillemer, Pengana Capital CEO, said when "alternative" allocations were small, reference to the ubiquitous ...

Powerwrap's platform offers advisers full choice

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2012
... independent adviser you need to have that choice available to you to differentiate yourself from the bank planners. "If you get smart, we believe you should be able to offer more not less choice for the same fee structure," he added. Powerwrap is an ...