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BankWest goes east

... the past two years, we have opened more than 20 branches and business banking centres on the eastern seaboard and we will focus on increasing this physical presence and aggressively growing market share across our product range," said HBOS Australia ...

Sunsuper launches free advice call centre

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2007
Sunsuper has introduced a new member advice centre to provide free over-the-phone financial advice to members. Following a successful trial, the centre's introduction completes a suite of Sunsuper financial advice services, including the member service ...

Navigator broadens its horizons

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2007
Navigator has announced its largest ever fund list increase, with 26 new funds available across the Navigator Personal Retirement Plan and the Personal Investment Plan. Responding to interest in more conservative, less accumulation-focused funds, Navigator ...

Govt leads VC investment

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2007
The maturing private equity market focusing more on middle and advanced stage investments is causing such a drain on early stage venture capital (VC) investment that the government has been compelled to become a major VC sponsor. The AusIndustry sponsored ...

IRESS seals $48m VisiPlan deal

Wealth management software provider IRESS is set to double its revenue base after announcing it will acquire listed group IWL's software arm VisiPlan for consideration of 5.95 million IRESS shares, around $48 million. Following the deal, IRESS will ...

Aussie reverse mortgages world's best

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2007
... there as well." Keiren Dell, SEQUAL chief executive officer, said the best practice lenders would be those that continued to focus on giving customers more options. "The best practice lenders will be those that have more in terms of options - income ...

IFSA toughens up conflicts and ethics standards

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2007
... The Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) has released a revised code of ethics and conduct, with a strong focus on conflict of interest, transparency and training of staff. Conflict of interest guidelines in particular are spelled out ...

NZ Govt appoints KiwiSaver defaults

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2007
The New Zealand Government has appointed the six super funds it has chosen as default providers for its KiwiSaver voluntary retirement savings scheme. The six providers are the ASB banking group, AMP, ING, Mercer, National Mutual Corporate Super and ...

AIG improves insurance

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2007
... development agenda has once again been adviser driven," general manager of distribution, Brett Clark, said. "Our key areas of focus are to help address the chronic underinsurance problem in Australia, to help advisers drive increased business levels ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2007
... said while on balance there'd been a positive lead internationally, the local bourse wasn't reacting. "There's obviously a focus on interest rates this week which... is holding back people as far as activity is concerned, and I think volume is a little ...