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Consultants back super communication

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2009
Asset consultants are doubling their efforts to provide education material to super fund members, as funds ramp up their commitment to allay members' worries in a post GFC world, said an industry expert. Paul Ireland, general manager of MLC Implemented ...

Wang leaves Perpetual

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2009
Eric Wang, group executive of superannuation and investment solutions at Perpetual, has resigned to pursue other business opportunities. Wang departs at the end of this month. He spent six years at Perpetual initially as head of strategy and was later ...

Ascalon adds hedge fund boutique

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2009
Ascalon Capital Managers has established a hedge fund boutique with three former Macquarie Funds Group executives. Helix Partners specialises in global equities using a quantitative process that is developed by former Macquarie Funds Group quantitative ...

Tax and dividend boost at OptiMix

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2009
OptiMix has introduced a tax and dividend optimisation strategy (TDOS) overlay to its wholesale Australian Equities portfolio. "This tax and dividend optimisation strategy aims to fill an important gap that results when investment managers pursue alpha ...

FOS swamped with complaints

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2009
The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) is changing how it deals with investments, life insurance and superannuation complaints to cope with rising complaint volumes, particularly in financial planning. The service noted it saw a 77 per cent increase ...

Evans and Partners signs on to IRESS

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2009
Evans and Partners, a Melbourne-based investment advisory firm, has gone live with the full range of integrated IRESS products. Together, IRESS and Evans and Partners implemented the change of technology over a period of eight weeks. Within the integrated ...

FTSE and ASFA set after-tax world alight

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2009
Index provider FTSE and the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) have created a series of indices that will, for the first time, compare fund manager performance on an after-tax basis, following calls from super fund trustees that ...

Cambridge Strategy opens shop in Sydney

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2009
London-based active currency alpha and overlay manager The Cambridge Strategy has opened a Sydney office to conduct research and portfolio management. The new office will be led by Chris Udy, who has worked with the firm in its London office as director ...

Depends on the data

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2009
You know Australia is back to normal when "they will, they won't" speculation on interest rates returns a major sport. This is usually accompanied by "they will earlier, they will later" betting with every economic data release providing evidence for ...

SRI super option blitzes market

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2009
AustralianSuper's Australian Sustainable Shares option has posted a net return of more than 26 per cent over the six months to June, more than double the fund's Australian shares option. The super fund's six-month investment summary, which is stated ...