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AMP steps up adviser support

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2011
AMP has launched new technology communication tools and peer-to-peer workshops to provide greater support for its advisers. AMP launched the initiative to promote intra-group communications and to facilitate regular meetings even across state boundaries. ...

Bank blocks pension gold

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2011
... create a coverage shortfall if the price of gold fell significantly. The a,-300 million pension fund lost an initial legal request to have the decision overturned but said that it would launch an appeal. SPVG argues that gold has been a successful counterparty ...

Century Funds vies to take manager role from Opus

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2011
Century Funds Management will make a bid as manager and responsible entity of the Opus Income & Capital Fund No. 21, to be decided by vote on February 28. The fund manager, which has $900 million in invested property and funds, said that the major unitholders ...

Former adviser faces fraud charges

ASIC RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2011
... total of $600,000 from five of his client's accounts, including forging one client's signature on a falsified withdrawal request, to use the funds for his own personal use. The ASIC investigation began after Bridges Financial Services raised concerns ...

IBM Super upgrades online presence

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 10 DEC 2010
... according to IBM Super. In terms of enhancements, IBM Super now allows their super members to track the progress of any request such as investment switches and downloading PDF copies of any inbound correspondence related to those transactions. IBM Super ...

Insurance platforms highly preferred: report

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2010
Some 80 per cent of advisers use platforms to write risk advice, according to latest figures from Investment Trends research. This goes against the theory that many advisers are threatened by Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms, with platforms ...

UniSuper expands advice as member demand rises

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2010
UniSuper plans to expand its financial planning service next year after better-than-expected demand, with thousands of members using it to get general advice while around 700 requested tailored financial plans. UniSuper Advice, launched last December ...

Aus Ethical and TCI score win in climate advocacy

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2010
Two major resources companies have backed down from their refusals to provide disclosure around carbon emissions. The companies have agreed to provide greater disclosure around carbon emissions, after pressure from the Climate Institute, Australian ...

Heat rises on emissions disclosure

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2010
Australian Ethical Investment and The Climate Institute have complained to ASIC and are considering legal action against two major resources companies after shareholder institutions were denied the chance to vote on a proposal that would force the companies ...

Confidence will return to Ireland: Govt

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2010
The Irish Government's four-year financial recovery plan is designed to restore confidence and create more jobs, according to the minister for enterprise, trade and innovation, Batt O'Keeffe. The plan underpins the work of the job creation and research ...