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David Asplin to join QIC global real estate

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2012
QIC has appointed David Asplin to head up the investor services area in their Global Real Estate (GRE) business. This new role will be responsible for sales and marketing, client services and product development for GRE. "QIC is looking to strengthen ...

Highly educated SMSF investors prime fraud targets

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
Australian men aged over 50, highly educated, financially literate and managing their own super are the most likely victims of organised investment fraud, according to a new report from the ACC. Minister of Justice Jason Clare yesterday released the ...

Scope for super participation in TPD education

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012
... insurance coverage was built into most superannuation accounts, the role super funds should play in more accessible communication has come under the spotlight. "TPD reference is often found in the bi-yearly or annual statements that are circulated so ...

SMSF auditor competency education push

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2012
... with them and provide tailored education and training to help them meet their professional requirements. "Targeted communication and education is one of the best drivers of audit quality and it will help ensure that the quality of SMSF audits will be ...

CFS upgrades its FirstWrap Platform

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012
... efficiency and best practice administration processes. Colonial First State recently introduced e-Post, a secure online communication tool across its FirstWrap platform, which will enable advisers to tap into efficiency gains through a reduction in time ...

Provident Capital reaffirms solvency

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012
... Income Fund on the basis of "ongoing deterioration in the manager's financial position... and a lack of satisfactory communication from the manager on the current status of the responsible entity managing the monthly income fund." The withdrawal followed ...

Rainmaker appoints new BD head

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2012
Rainmaker has promoted Moe Alshawa to associate director of technical sales following an internal restructure. The promotion follows changes at the Rainmaker group that reflect their continuing expansion into information services, media and internet ...

As many smartphones as people

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2012
Half the Australian population is now using smartphones, a shift that is expected to ratchet up pressure on superannuation funds and wealth managers to use the emerging channel to communicate with members and distribute information. Market research ...

Fin services GDP share to shrink by 2050

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012
The information communication technology revolution will propel Australia by 2050 to become a $4 trillion digital economy but the productivity, disintermediation and globalisation forces it will unleash on financial services may, perversely, see the ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012
The Australian share market has opened flat with strength in materials stocks offsetting weakness across the financials sector after a disappointing trading session on Wall Street. At 1011 AEST on Friday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 2.4 points ...