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New super products and mergers may result - insurers

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2011
Life insurers predict dealer groups will create their own super products or be taken over by wealth managers while direct insurance will get a boost from new FOFA reforms. Life insurers and financial planners alike have responded with mixed reactions ...

YouTube, you beauty

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2011
... fast eclipsing commercial TV. Some statistics suggest that some Australian-based YouTube channels get more traffic than Channel 9 or Channel 10 in some cases (e.g. Natalie Tran's channel). Martin said that by using super fund executives, instead of actors ...

Twittering social media takes time

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011
... sunsuperdreams.com.au - then use Facebook to encourage people to vote for their altruistic dream. Sandie Lewis, online channel manager at Sunsuper, said about 8000 Facebook votes had been submitted on 150 dreams so far. "We were very excited it did so ...

Super fund signals future role in govt policy

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2011
AustralianSuper marks another turning point in superannuation history when it created a new 'head of policy' role, yet another sign that the country's largest super fund is taking on a leadership role in an industry set to manage trillions of dollars ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2011
... British government cleared the way for News Corp to win control of the company after it offered to spin-off the Sky News channel to address competition concerns. HONG KONG - Asian stock markets mostly rose Thursday on upbeat US economic news and bargain ...

Countdown to FICAP fundraising

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2011
Executives across the finance industry are set to channel their inner rockstar in the name of charity at the 5th annual 'Who Wants to be a RockStar' event next Thursday at the Loft in Sydney. The fundraising event, hosted by the Financial Industry Community ...

ANZ nabs Paul Barrett from CFS

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2011
Paul Barrett, the former general manager in advice at Colonial First State (CFS) joins ANZ Wealth as general manager in advice and distribution. Barrett, who will start in the new role in April, will be responsible for all ANZ's financial planner and ...

Self-directed investors challenge industry giants

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 14 FEB 2011
... the finance regulator ASIC noted in its recently released Access to Financial Advice report. Growth in the self-directed channel is already creating tensions in a regulatory and taxation regime primarily built around pooled investment management. But ...

Bendigo wealth mgmt posts $23m profit

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 14 FEB 2011
Bendigo & Adelaide's wealth management division accounted for 14 per cent of the bank's total profit after tax of $173.9 million in the half year to December, according to results released this morning. During the half year, the group's wealth arm contributed ...

Russell to launch insto ETFs

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 25 JAN 2011
Russell Investments this year makes the leap towards providing exchange traded funds (ETFs) for institutional investors, at a time when more super funds are adopting new ways to manage their passive strategies. Russell will be channelling efforts into ...