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What happened to baby platforms?

ALEX DUNNIN, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2007
... to offer a mini platform for lower cost, lower service shorter menus and no equities. It appeals to our bank planning channel as they use it for clients up to $300,000 who are looking to access wholesale funds at a lower costs that master trust bring," ...

The worm turns

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2007
Media mentionitis surrounding channel Nine's controversial worm seems to have stolen the limelight from economic aspects of the election campaign, but the latest PPI figures could turn the spotlight. While tax cut plans and economic debate have been ...

Advisers lead margin lending push

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2007
... Trends, agreed that planners led the way, saying, "The real growth engine for margin lending has actually been the planner channel. So increased use of margin lending by planners with their clients is actually growing even more quickly than the retail." ...

Hello kitty

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2007
China's trillion-dollar investment kitty is ready as analysts are tipping a Chinese Wall of money likely to be channelled into Australia's share market China's gigantic state investment arm China Investment Corp (CIC), set up to make use of its huge ...

Westpac jumps in to save RAMS

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2007
... not acquiring the RAMS Home Loans Group or its existing mortgage book. The RAMS network will add an additional retail channel and extend Westpac's retail footprint by more than 10 per cent, via an additional 92 stores operated by 53 franchisees. However ...

Reverse mortgages not thicker than blood

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2007
Parents who use a reverse mortgage to lend funds to their children could face losing part of their pension on a technicality, said Louise Biti, head of technical services at Asteron. "Children in a great deal of debt may place pressure on their parents ...

Industry fund ads off target?

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2007
Industry superannuation funds need to focus more on member communication, education and online presence, not scaremongering by focussing on fees, according to Vanessa Stoykov, chief executive of marketing, media and communications group Evolution Media. ...

India-Australia wealth management forum set for take-off

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2007
India's burgeoning economy is a big opportunity for Australian wealth managers but we are being outflanked by US and UK managers who are getting in ahead of us, said Stephen Manallack, manager of the India-Australia Financial Forum. "India's rapidly ...

Mainland China and HK unite for mutual funds

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2007
... that as the demand from both domestic and overseas investors continued to grow, Hong Kong would serve as an important channel for investors to gain exposure to mainland economic growth. More than 100 senior executives from global and domestic fund management ...

Mobile banking the next frontier

Phone and online banking could soon be replaced by mobile banking as the preferred communication channel of consumers, according to a new survey. Among the highlights of the research commissioned by mobile content services provider Sybase 365 was that ...