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Russell gains corp super client

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2010
... group Amcor to manage its $850 million corporate superannuation fund. Russell's consulting practice provides advice and research on governance, planning, structuring, managing and implementing of investment programs. Greg Liddell, head of investment ...

Planners rank high on client scorecard

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2010
... People who use planners love the services they get, but those who have never dealt with planners directly are skeptical, research shows. According to research by CoreData-brandmanagement, commissioned by the Association of Financial Advisers, investors ...

Platforms up 30pc to $391bn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2010
... Super For Life product grew 120 per cent in the 12 months to March 2010 and is now looking after $626 million. Separate research by Plan For Life has reported that platforms received $92 billion in inflows in the past 12 months, lead by BT with $28 billion ...

Frontier appoints associate consultant

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2010
... Kempton joins Frontier from Industry Super Property Trust (ISPT) where he was involved in strategy and capital markets research and commercial transactions. Prior to this Kempton worked as an assistant valuer at CB Richard Ellis and as an assistant project ...

Nationwide signs Mercer for asset consulting

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2010
... June this year. Ian Morante, fund secretary at Nationwide Superannuation, said the trustees were impressed with Mercer's research and service. "Mercer presented a good path for the future in moving from our current traditional consulting model to a partial ...

Planners turn property experts

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2010
A property research group is capitalising on demand from non-aligned financial planners seeking to provide their clients with residential property advice. Blue Wealth Property analyses trends such as population growth, economic factors and employment ...

AvSuper selects Hastings and Invesco

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2010
... fund, said the two appointments represent an ongoing review of the fund's overall investment portfolio. "There's more research to come on Australian equities side and we're still building our infrastructure portfolio. We have a five per cent portfolio ...

Trustee outsourcing deals in regulator spotlight

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2010
New research from APRA reveals that while the focus on super funds using related party service providers often focuses on not-for-profit funds, it is the outsourcing practices of retail funds that present more concerns to the regulator. According to ...

CFD health check prompts more oversight

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2010
... 'healthcheck study' and found retail investors are confused and don't understand the risks in trading the products. The research looked at CFD issuer pricing models, issuer advertising, product disclosure statements and complaints by retail investors. ...

Karagianis moves to MLC

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2010
... Management. Prior to that, he was a director at County Investment Management and associate director and head of capital markets research at NatWest Capital Markets. In his new role, Karagianis will work with Brian Parker, investment strategist MLC Investment ...