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Snowball FUA reaches $1.8bn

... to its late 2004 acquisitions, Aspire and Dunhill, as well as through its joint venture with Queensland Teacher's Credit Union. The group currently has 28 financial planners on its books largely providing advice services to corporate super and industry ...

Online broking competition to heat up

WWW.THESHEET.COM.AU  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAR 2006
Commonwealth Bank's stockbroking business Commsec may face a bigger challenge this year to its leadership of the online broking market as competitors Westpac and National Australia Bank market have upgraded online trading platforms. With listed company ...

ASIC and NZ corporate regulator sign cooperation deal

The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) and the New Zealand Companies Office have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to work towards greater regulatory cooperation between the two countries. The MOU was signed by the registrar ...

Another international DB fund bites the dust

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2006
... million. The proposals were developed following a review that included consultation with the scheme's trustees, the trade union and other employee representative groups. Lynne Peacock, NAB's UK chief executive, said in a statement that, "We considered ...

NAB removes commission bias in the UK

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2006
... provider, Clydesdale and Yorkshire is launching a range of products from AXA, Friends Provident, Legal & General, MLC, Norwich Union, Prudential and Standard Life and has banned differential commissions between products. Stuart Newlands, Clydesdale's ...

Statewide gets extended public offer license

... license potentially allows Statewide to extend and develop these product lines even further. On top the Statewide credit union, the EPO may also signal other directions for the fund. Statewide chief executive officer says, "In recent times, the industry ...

Aon first diversified group to get RSE

Aon Australia is the first Australian group to be granted an RSE licence from APRA's diversified institutions group, ahead of the June deadline next year. Aon's managing director in Australia, Stewart Fotheringham, said the licensing underscores their ...

AES member funds safe

The Australian Enterprise Superannuation (AES) Fund says member money is safe and secure following this week's disqualification by APRA of some of its trustee directors. The regulator disqualified former AES directors Ian Baldock, Kerry Woolacott and ...

Pension funds killing GM

... factor that need to be brought under control and this is why they recently announced a far-reaching agreement with the US Union for Automotive Workers to lower GM's health care costs by 25 per cent with a long term bottom-line impact of $A20 billion. ...

SSF pension stoush all but resolved as Minister guarantees benefits

After months of threatened union action, the Victorian State Government has issued a formal statement announcing member benefits will go unchanged when the State Superannuation Fund (SSF) effects their roll-in next year. The State government came under ...