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MLC says no to PIH stake

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 30 SEP 2010
... the group will continue to work closely with PIS to provide them access to MLC insurance and investment products. Grahame Evans, managing director of Professional Investment Services, said the relation between the two firms is "not going to change" but ...

Hybrid banking account wins $1bn super

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2010
... million last October to $920 million today - and is well on schedule to reach $1 billion at the end of this year. Melanie Evans, head of superannuation and retail investments at BT Financial Group, said the current FUM is an 84 per cent increase from ...

APRA dictates investment option labels

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2010
... understand concepts of swimming between the flags - it's about drilling down risk so people understand it," she added. Melanie Evans, head of superannuation at BT Financial Group, which manages almost $50 billion in superannuation assets, said however ...

BT Financial frames big picture in 3D

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2010
... engaged in their own investment future." The television commercials uses a 3D graph as the centrepoint, with Dr Caton; Melanie Evans, head of superannuation; Chris Freeman, head of BT Wrap; and Michael Bailey, investment specialist BT Wrap, featuring ...

When old news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2010
... the previous days' slow grind to the top. There's news that US President Obama signed into law America's healthcare reform bill. But wasn't Wall Street also cheering when Republican Scott Brown won Massachusetts because his victory put this health bill ...

BT adds oil and gold to super portfolios

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2010
... happens in the Middle East and oil prices surge, then we've protected our members against that in the long-term," said Melanie Evans, head of superannuation at BT Financial Group. She said the decision to invest in oil and gold has resulted in the firm's ...

Trustees snub Asian equities

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2009
... next two to five years will barely move from where they are today - up a mere 0.3 per cent to 2.8 per cent. Professor John Evans, the University of NSW academic who conducted the research, said he was surprised that the allocation to the region is so ...

Too many choices, too many fees: academic

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2009
... costs but allowed trustees to abrogate their main function of looking after the interests of members," said professor John Evans, deputy director of the Centre for Pensions and Superannuation at the UNSW Australian School of Business. Evans said the ...

Timbercorp investors get $50k aid

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2009
... [includes] the income from the harvest, income at the end of the year and harvest at the timber plantations," said Grahame Evans, managing director of the $15.8 billion PIS. PIS, along with its advisers and associated firms, have so far poured between ...

RE model should be reviewed: PIS

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2009
... model could be a solution to safeguard investors from collapses such as those of Great Southern and Timbercorp. Grahame Evans, managing director of the $15.8 billion Professional Investment Services, said a review of the Responsible Entity system - and ...