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St.George launches 360 cash products

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2010
St.George is targeting financial advisers and broking firms looking for cash management vehicles with the launch of its 360 cash products. The new products, called the St.George 360 Cash Management Solution, are tailored for stockbroking firms and planners ...

Fees4Service targets transitioning advisers

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2010
The Encore Group, Leading Minds Academy, CVM Systems, ili, and REMeX have banded together to launch Fees4Service - a consulting service targeting advisers transitioning to a fee-for-service model. The five firms have launched the service to provide ...

INGIM hires southern region manager

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2010
ING Investment Management Australia has appointed former AXA Australia sales manager Stuart Devlin as its southern region manager. Devlin will have responsibility for building the organisation's presence in the financial adviser markets in Victoria ...

Top CEOs back statutory fiduciary duty for advisers

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2010
The country's top executives in financial services said that the Ripoll Inquiry recommendation to impose statutory fiduciary duty for financial advisers is the best way to improve the quality of advice, a survey shows. The Financial Services Council/PricewaterhouseCoopers ...

SGX improves bonds trading

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2010
The Singapore Exchange is hoping to lure more institutional investors to trade Singaporean bonds by improving the listing, trading and distribution of fixed income products. By the first quarter of next year, SGX expects to offer an on-exchange secondary ...

IOOF agrees to buy North

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2010
IOOF has announced that provided NAB acquires AXA Asia Pacific it will buy the AXA North platform, potentially removing a major stumbling block holding back the NAB-AXA merger. The focus on the North platform is because the competition regulator, the ...

Macq fills gap in mid-tier planning consultancy

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2010
Macquarie Practice Consulting is finding more mid-tier planners are seeking advice on how to value their business at a time when the industry is caught in an environment that is switching from the traditional commissions-based model to fee-for-service. ...

Gillard Govt to tighten reverse mortgages rules

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2010
Reverse mortgages holders will receive more protection during a property downturn if Labor continues to hold government after the election - but the industry's peak body said most of these proposed policies are already in place. A re-elected Gillard ...

Scale a key issue in multi-management

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 6 AUG 2010
More financial planners are taking funds management in-house, but a key fund manager predicts the multi-manager trend won't be a 'category killer' due to scale issues. Matt Mckinnon, general manager - retail sales Australian equities at Perpetual, acknowledged ...

CPPIB refines bid for Intoll

ASX RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 6 AUG 2010
Three weeks since the Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) announced plans to buy Sydney-based toll road operator Intoll, the fund has come back to the table with a proposal to buy the entire issued capital of the firm. CPPIB submitted an ...