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Hooray it's Oprah day

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2010
... visits from the US but spend one-third per head more. Oprah being broadcast in 145 countries might therefore be part of grand plan that is far bigger than targeting just her 7 million US watchers - an audience that is now waning compared to her 1992 ...

Fiducian updates FORCe software

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2010
Fiducian has enhanced its FORCe financial planning software to give planners better tools to educate clients on the risk and rewards of investment gearing. Fiducian Portfolio Services has released an integrated sensitivity analysis module to test gearing ...

Green light for Milton merger

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2010
Milton Corporation and Choiseul Investments will merge after gaining 99 per cent shareholder approval, and the combined firm will place planners on the top of its list to do business with next year. The merged company will have $2 billion in assets ...

Pay performance fees only, says $220b fund

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2010
While local funds and asset consultants continue to debate investment fee structures, one of the world's most influential pension funds is insisting that nearly all fees be incentive based - and other remuneration structures discarded. The board of ...

AMP to manage Trio Capital super money

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2010
... transfer the funds to AMP after a "rigorous assessment process". The new fund will be known as the Alliance Superannuation Plan. The mandate will see AMP SignatureSuper receive around $200 million of unimpaired assets in tranches from each member's initial ...

Infocus appoints COO

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2010
Former CommSec senior executive, Rod Bristow, has been appointed chief operating officer for national financial planning network Infocus Money Management. Starting in February next year, Bristow will focus on implementing professional fee-based financial ...

Ireland looks to sovereign annuities

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 10 DEC 2010
As part of a broader effort to resolve its fiscal crisis, Ireland unveiled plans to develop a market for sovereign annuities earlier this week, which could be used by under-funded Irish pension funds to meet their defined benefit liabilities. After ...

Former Hostplus marketing exec joins IFM

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 10 DEC 2010
The former executive manager of marketing at Hostplus, Umberto Mecchi, has joined Industry Funds Management as executive director, marketing. Mecchi will join IFM on 8 February next year. IFM's client services team will report to him. He will form part ...

Fin services jobs on the rise

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 10 DEC 2010
No longer in the grasp of the GFC, jobs within the financial services industry have swelled as companies begin to expand once more according to talent consulting firm, Right Management. Right Management research found that 71 per cent of candidates ...

IBM Super upgrades online presence

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 10 DEC 2010
... calculator on October 19. The program allows users to generate a realistic whole-of-life snapshot of how their current savings plan positions them for retirement.