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Industry Super splits top job

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2009
Anthony Wamsteker, the long-time head of ME Bank is leaving the bank at year-end after his group chief executive role was replaced with two CEO spots to head ME Bank and Industry Funds Services/Industry Funds Management. Wamsteker has been the chief ...

Mercer and MLC top IC survey

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2009
Mercer and MLC have topped the implemented consulting survey in Australian shares and international shares respectively. The latest Rainmaker Information/CPG Research & Advisory found Mercer topped the Australian shares table losing 1.5 per cent followed ...

AMIST offers fee-for-service advice

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2009
The $685 million Australian Meat Industry Superannuation Trust (AMIST) has rolled out a fee-for-service financial advice service to its members. AMIST launched the service in March following increasing member demand for tailored advice and selected ...

Amnesty pushes for fund review

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2009
Fund managers may want to review investments in PetroChina, Sinopec, Petronas and the Oil and National Gas Corporation (ONGC) after Amnesty International linked the companies to providing revenue to the Sudanese government. This warning comes after ...

Super escapes budget knives

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2009
Generally positive reactions by wealth managers to the second Rudd-Swan federal budget indicate the industry increasingly knows its place in the political landscape. Driving the mooted reaction is how kind the Treasurer Wayne Swan was to the superannuation ...

Aspen fund holds 'recommended' rating

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2009
The Aspen Parks Property fund has retained a 'recommended (upper end)' rating from Lonsec. According to a statement from Aspen Group, the fund completed an external valuation over the entire portfolio of 25 parks to provide greater transparency. As ...

ASF names former S&P head as CEO

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2009
The Australian Securitisation Forum has appointed former Standard & Poor's managing director, Chris Dalton, as chief executive. Dalton replaces Greg Medcraft, who was appointed commissioner at Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) ...

Netwealth drops 13 funds from menu

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2009
Netwealth has withdrawn all the BT funds from its super and investment wraps, while adding four other products including property, Australian and international equities following planner feedback. Netwealth has added the Vanguard Australian Shares High ...

What-if scenarios bring Budget blues

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2009
New restrictions to existing superannuation and tax concessions could help the Government slash the predicted budget deficit in the next few years but this could come at a higher cost to superannuants and taxpayers in the long term, industry experts ...

Liongate snags $1 billion in mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2009
London-based fund of hedge fund manager Liongate Capital Management has won over $1 billion in mandates since the start of the GFC - and the firm is now seeking new wins in the Aussie institutional market. While most fund of hedge fund managers suffer ...