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ASFA's goals for 2009

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2009
The Henry Tax Review, APRA fund returns data and superannuation data exchange number among the top projects for ASFA this year. Speaking at an Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) lunch yesterday, Pauline Vamos, chief executive of ...

Real estate under threat

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2009
Real estate could soon be a threatened asset class if property fund managers are not transparent about the sales and devaluation of their funds, says a US property investment expert. The slow trickling of cash flows into the global REITs sector has ...

Boutiques wary of automated systems

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2009
Most players in the funds management industry acknowledge that the automation of managed funds trading would boost their business - but boutiques are still sitting on the fence with jumping on board. According to Tim Hamer, commercial manager, funds ...

RG146 unveils planning stars

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2009
Justin Pratt of Mercer has won the paraplanner of the year award by financial planning education house RG146 Training Australia. Pratt, an assistant financial adviser at Mercer Wealth Solutions in Sydney, took out the '2008 Paraplanner of the Year' ...

Future Fund seek RI and IT professionals

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2009
The Australian Government's $60 billion Future Fund is looking to appoint a responsible investment manager and head of information technology. According to statements on the fund's website, the Future Fund is seeking a manager, responsible investment. ...

No mandate terminations: Hostplus

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2009
The $7 billion industry fund Hostplus has no intentions of terminating any of its investment mandates despite the losses it suffered on them last year. Sam Sicilia, chief investment officer of Hostplus, said the industry fund is not actively looking ...

IRESS eyes Asia

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2009
Homegrown tech company IRESS Market Technology is defying the market recession and is expanding its presence in Asia. IRESS is adding several Asian markets to its webIRESS online equity information and trading platform. During the first half of 2009 ...

Brits turn blue on pension

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2009

QIC property execs depart

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2009
Laurie Brindle, head of global real estate and Steven Leigh, deputy head of global real estate at QIC have resigned from the $70 billion fund manager to take up positions at Trinity Property Group. While interim arrangements will be announced shortly ...

Options for retiring SMSF trustees

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2009
A growing number of self managed super funds (SMSFs) could soon convert into Small APRA Funds (SAFs) in tandem with longevity issues facing SMSF trustees. Michael Hutton, head of wealth management at accountants and advisers HLB Mann Judd Sydney, says ...