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HOSTPLUS serves up online engagement

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2011
... Rainmaker Sales and Marketing Symposium heard today. The Cook for Your Career (C4YC) campaign, a national cooking competition, which the industry fund designed to help combat the national skills shortage in Australian restaurants was a big success. Thanks ...

Retail funds want more super access

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2011
AMP has joined the chorus of retail funds who want the current award system opened to more competition, giving their superannuation funds greater access to default-fund advantage. AMP has tried repeatedly to join an industry award through Fair Work ...

MLC names three AXA converts

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2011
... MLC has landed three leading heads from AXA's North platform for its own retirement solutions team, further fueling competition for talent between the two heavyweights. Formerly with AXA, MLC & NAB Wealth has attracted Paul Stratton, Michael Tobin and ...

China-Gillard tug o' war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2011
... in spending witnessed at the height of the global financial crisis in 2008. Australian retailers are suffering from competition from cheap imports and online shopping -- resulting from the strong Australian dollar -- and also consumers' trepidation over ...

AMP looks to uni for future planners

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2011
... hypothetical client case study. The top five will then face a live technical quiz and live client role play in Sydney. The competition opens on 25 July with the winning team to receive a $5,000 AMP Bank account, FPA membership and professional development ...

Trust Company benefiting from global flows

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2011
... favourable market dynamics across Australia and New Zealand continue to provide opportunities for us, the increasing competition to service high net worth sector is also evident. "In the short term, we see a great opportunity to enhance this business ...

ASX grants Chi-X access to TAS

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2011
... allowed to enter the Australian market later this year and offer another exchange option for traders. Set up in direct competition to Chi-X, TAS has been operationally-ready since October last year and was designed for potential new market operators. ...

Super funds bidding to stem insurance shortfall

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2011
... insured." Another area where funds have been working to update their insurance offering is in the distribution area where competition has intensified. "All super funds are competing quite vigorously in terms of trying to engage their members. There's ...

MLC clarifies AXA adviser hunt

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2011
... said Meller. "Of course there are always a small number of planners moving from AMP out or AXA out but also from the competition in," he said.

Continuous disclosure continuous change

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2011
... Continuous disclosure for Australia's listed companies is becoming more complex due the introduction of stock market competition, new media, and algorithmic trading and companies need to adapt their investor relations strategies to handle these developments. ...