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Superannuation

Mellon launches global alpha bond

Mellon Global Investments Australia has launched the Mellon Global Bond Alpha Trust in response to rising investor demand for higher yielding fixed income products.

ACCC should regulate fund advertising: IFSA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2006
Regulation of super fund advertising should be taken away from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and handed to the competition regulator the Australian Consumer and Competition Commission (ACCC), said the Investment and Financial ...

Every little thing adds up to great service: HOST-PLUS

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2006
Servicing members is a core function for all super funds, but how many funds take their service offering as seriously as they should? HOST-PLUS is one fund that knows the value of service, and its members do too.

AXA boosts group cover

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2006
AXA has boosted its group insurance offering, raising the maximum levels of insurance for death and total and permanent disability (TPD) as well as increasing the expiry ages for both categories.

MapInfo plots the market's future

A mapping software group which enables banks in the US to forecast demand for financial services based on postcodes is making an aggressive push into Australia to provide similar software products to local banks and insurers.

Praemium adds GPS for planners

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2006
Listed portfolio administration providers, Praemium, have signed an agreement together with technology providers, Customer Acquisition and Retention Management (CARM) to make their guided planning systems (GPS) tool available to planners.

Hedge funds lose their shine

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2006
Hedge funds may be losing some of their polish after it was reported that several super funds were re-examining their hedge fund exposures or avoiding them outright.

Reuters crosses data wires with DSTi

Reuters has teamed up with asset management software group DST International (DSTi) to create a joint platform for the leading newswire's market data service Reuters DataScope Select.

You are how you spend, not your age

Age is not the defining factor for how consumers spend on financial services, according to a leading demographics expert who argued that labels such as Gen X, Gen Y and Baby Boomers were outmoded and ineffective.

PIS expands footprint into Canada

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2006
Acting on its Canadian expansion strategy, Professional Investment Services (PIS) is set to take over a 100-planner strong Canadian financial planning group.