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AMP: Women putting advice on hold

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011
The latest AMP Planner Protection Poll has found that 41.8% of financial planners polled believe the primary barrier to women seeking advice is the emphasis placed on their partner or spouse's finances. A further 14.8% of planners cited low awareness ...

Ashton launches Gold Share Class

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2011
The Ashton Group has launched a Gold Share Class for the Ashton Select Fund and Ashton Performance Fund. Ashton's Gold Share Class enables investors to elect gold as a 'currency' in which to denominate their investment. "Gold has appreciated significantly ...

van Eyk acquires Encore Group

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2011
Investment research firm van Eyk has acquired financial services consulting firm the Encore Group. Encore provides business development, sales, marketing, human resources, back office and succession planning. Encore Group founding partner Graham Peatey ...

Bendigo and Adelaide team up with Australia's first RI platform

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2011
Australia's first Responsible Investment platform, The Emerald Wrap, which launches in March 2012 is partnering with Bendigo and Adelaide Bank as the wrap's default cash account provider. The Emerald Investment, Super and Pension Wrap will offer a wide ...

MetLife SMS service goes live

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2011
MetLife Insurance has introduced an SMS message and reminder service to provide new pathways for information delivery, as part of its customer service initiative. The new service enables MetLife's partners' members to receive messages and reminders ...

PJC: Government needs to re-think payday reforms

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2011
The Government's proposed reforms aimed at tightening controls over payday lenders need to be reassessed, the Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services has found. On 22 September 2011, the House of Representatives referred the Consumer ...

QIC appoints new board directors

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011
QIC, Australia's third largest institutional fund manager with over $58 billion in funds under management, has appointed David Usasz and Grant Murdoch to its board. QIC's Chairman, Peter Young AM, said the new directors had been carefully selected to ...

AMP Capital wins UK pension fund mandate

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2011

Quantum launches US residential fund

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2011
Australian funds management group Quantum has launched a US residential property fund to invest in single family homes in economically sound cities. The fund aims to take advantage of the steep decline in US property prices, low interest rates and the ...

Consolidation creating conflict between product and advice

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2011
... systemic conflict of interest between product and advice," said Premium Wealth Management general manager, Paul Harding-Davis. "We think the banks, the life offices and the industry funds are all looking to achieve a similar outcome and this ultimately ...