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Scottish Equitable puts lid on withdrawals

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2008

Singapore and ME fund swoop on UBS

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2007
... York Times. As a result of the Singapore deal, GOSIC will end up with a 9 per cent stake in UBS once the convertible notes switch into ordinary shares in two years time. The Oman investor will have a 1.5 per cent stake. The write-down means UBS will ...

Reinventing financial planning

MICHAEL HOBBS, MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2007
... need to negotiate the fee with the client, the need to split fees between advice and product and the need to be able to switch off commissions if you no longer receive advice." However, Brown said that unless the commissions-based fees are phased out ...

One in 10 investors are switchers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2007
One in ten US retirees and pre-retirees are looking to change financial institutions at any one time based on costs or level of service they receive, according to research from Aite Group. US-based research firm Aite Group surveyed 505 people in the ...

K2 floats on $20 million

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2007
... campaign, in the future if the company thought it would help build its brand further, citing the example of Arthur Anderson's switch to Accenture. After listing, K2 directors will hold 77.6 per cent of shares, while other K2 staff will hold 4.6 per cent. ...

What members want

A Telstra Super research study on what its members want has revealed some surprising results, including how much people are willing to pay and for what services. Speaking at the ASFA conference yesterday, Telstra Super's general manager in marketing ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2007
The Australian sharemarket remained in negative territory this morning, with the only bright spot miner Rio Tinto, which rebuffed a takeover proposal last week from fellow miner BHP Billiton. A lower market on Wall Street and patchy base metal prices ...

Super switchers fall

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2007
The number of investors switching funds has continued to decline, with only 3.7 per cent of investors switching in the March quarter and only 3.3 per cent in the June quarter, according to a new Roy Morgan report. The report stated while December showed ...

Morningstar scores top ratings

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2007
... advisors actionable guidance," Robert Huebscher, chief executive at Advisor Perspectives, said. The findings vindicate a switch in Morningstar methodology back in 2002 and comes at a time when investors are questioning the methodologies of ratings agencies ...

BT Financial and Westpac launch all-in-one super

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2007
A month after BT Financial Group chief executive Rob Coombe challenged the industry to find better ways to engage the public on the retirement savings debate, the group and Westpac have introduced sweeping changes to the way BT provides superannuation-related ...