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Super fund inflows reach record highs

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2007
... impact of the inflows had even caused some changes in market share for some individual super funds. However, figures from research house Plan for Life showed while Australian Wealth Management, AXA, Aviva, St. George and Colonial received the largest ...

A third of over 55s will never retire: Citibank

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2007
... wanting to retire before 60 increased from zero in May 2006 to 11 per cent in November 2006. Professor Sol Encel, honorary research associate at the Social Policy Research Centre, University of NSW, said, "Whilst many Australians have good intentions ...

Frontier appoints four new analysts

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2007
Frontier Investment Consulting (Frontier), has grown its investment research arm appointing four new analysts to the team. Erin Cullino, Tom Frederick, Cara Maxworthy and Sarkis Tepeli all start in September. This week, Frontier lost the ACT Department ...

Mobile banking the next frontier

... mobile banking as the preferred communication channel of consumers, according to a new survey. Among the highlights of the research commissioned by mobile content services provider Sybase 365 was that more than a quarter of those surveyed would consider ...

Galton leaves RCM for CFS GAM

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2007
Former head of research of RCM, Greg Galton, has taken on the plum role as head of research of the Australian Equities, Growth team at Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFS GAM). Prior to joining the group, Galton was the head of Australian ...

Bridges over fresh waters

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2007
... shares, Rubicon International Leaders Fund and Schroders Global Active Value Funds got the nod. Justin McLaughlin, head of research at Bridges Financial Services, said the reason behind the new additions was "because they are new products that have just ...

Aussie super funds leap into top 300

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2007
... Future Fund (188), ARIA (220), First State Super (272) and REST (289). The reasons behind the growth, according to the research, included a strong Aussie dollar, booming local equities, fund mergers, strong Superannuation Guarantee contributions and ...

Russell wins $3bn ACT Treasury mandate

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2007
... central financing unit manager, Pat McAuliffe, said Russell's access to global capital market and investment manager research resources helped decide the deal. Russell has also appointed two new consultants. Richard A. Dinham, formerly head of institutional ...

A new mandate every 12 weeks

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2007
... managers to choose from, according to a new report released by Rainmaker. Andrew Keevers, Rainmaker's associate director of research and author of the Mandate Chaser Report, said "funds now average 19 mandates each but mega funds routinely have more ...

Pre-retirees map out uncertain future: FSS

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2007
... is ranked as one of the 10 largest super funds in Australia with more than $14.5 billion under management. Its seminal research surveyed 12,000 out of its 508,000 members. Last year, it became a public offer fund but still remained the default super ...