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IFSA slams proposed default fund

ALEX DUNNIN AND RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2008
... indexed national default super fund to receive SG contributions. Richard Gilbert, chief executive of IFSA, is skeptical of research highlighting a default fund that would provide an option for employees unable or unwilling to decide which specific fund ...

Social banking on the rise

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2008
... bolstered by general consumer trends and social causes that appeal to consumers to ethically," said Alistair Newton, Gartner research vice president. "More consumers are generally spending more time in social networks which increasingly form part of ...

S&P awards hotel fund 'three stars'

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2008
Research and ratings firm, Standard & Poor's awarded the unlisted property fund, Abacus Hospitality Fund a 'three star' rating. Investment in the Abacus Hospitality Fund consists of units in the Abacus Hospitality Trust, which is 'stapled' to shares ...

Russell and Mercer lead MM pack

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2008
... The review found more multi managers are accessing boutiques and "aggressive managers" to boost alpha. In addition, the research and ratings firm found more managers are actively pursuing new sources of uncorrelated returns, using private equity, hedge ...

Traders join iPhone revolution

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2008
... from any location. This in turn opens the portal for clients to log in 24/7 to tap into real time market news, prices, research companies and their performance, monitor their stock portfolio, buy and sell shares. "In today's busy environment, CommSec's ...

Bennelong's new arm champions boutiques

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2008
... into that role and play it very well," she said. Cuddy and East will be joined by Keith Hwang, director quantitative research, and senior analysts Michael Chun and Michael Malseed. Hwang joins from Schroders while Chun and Malseed are also ex INGIM employees. ...

Slash fees with national default fund

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2008
A researcher from APRA has outlined how the government could set up a single-option indexed default super fund to receive SG contributions that could operate at fee levels as low as 10 basis points. Wilson Sy, a researcher at the Australian Prudential ...

Businesses weighed down by choice

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2008
A survey of payroll managers found 60 per cent of respondents found the choice-of-fund process frustrating and labour-intensive, costing an average business tens of thousands of dollars each year on administration spend. The joint survey conducted by ...

Aviva outsources to S&P

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2008
Aviva Australia's research division is outsourcing its investment fund research to Standard & Poor's Fund Services. Previously Aviva Research managed all its research operations internally. As a result of the deal, Aviva will have access to the research ...

Boost savings and cut interest rates

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2008
... incomes but about making Australia more self reliant and less subject to volatile global economic forces, reveals new research just released by IFSA. The Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) report, 'The Economic Impact of Increased National ...