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Catholic Super enhances insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2008
... addition, income protection cover has been extended to all employee types including permanent, casual and the fund's Personal Plan. Catholic Super has also added three more income protection options at an extra cost to members. The improvements come ...

Snowball taps mining rich towns

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2008
Snowball financial planning subsidiary, Outlook Financial Solutions and Big Sky Credit Union signed a joint venture agreement to create Big Sky Financial Solutions and tap into the latter firm's cashed up mining and construction members. Big Sky Financial ...

Swan clears St George takeover

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2008
Westpac yesterday received the formal approval of Wayne Swan, Australia's Treasurer, for its planned takeover of St George Bank. The approval comes with some limp conditions that conform to Westpac's stated plans for the bank, including maintaining ...

ARCH buys FPG stake

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2008
US asset manager ARCH Financial Products has bought a 48 per cent stake in one of the world's largest offshore independent financial adviser firms, Financial Partners Group. ARCH bought the stake in FP Group, which has more than $1.3 billion under advice ...

WealthBuilder targets generational clients

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2008
IOOF has created WealthBuilder - a multigenerational investment bond targeted towards investors focussed on estate planning and medium to long term savings. According to Renato Mota, general manager investor solutions at IOOF, estate planning provides ...

MLC FUM falls, profits flat

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2008
NAB's wealth management arm MLC saw funds under management fall 14.1 per cent to $94.6 billion at the end of September but pre-tax profits were up three per cent at $576 million. The firm's cash earnings before investment on retained earnings (IoRE) ...

AFA names Adviser of the Year

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2008
Adam Smith and Paul Daily have been named joint winners of the AFA Adviser of the Year award at last night's AFA Gala Dinner. Tuesday night marked the first time in history the AFA announced joint recipients of the prestigious award that pays tribute ...

Crisis on Facebook

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2008
Call it the financial crisis that launched a thousand Facebook sites. The Web 2.0 has spawned Depression 2.0, a social networking site where individuals discuss a return to the Great Depression of the 30s. Financial planners and fund managers who want ...

AMP hit by lower discretionary contributions

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2008
The September quarter cashflow report from AMP is the latest set of data to show that Australians are feeling the pinch, with many reducing the amount of their discretionary contributions in the last three months compared to the same time last year. ...

Avanteos launches managed account

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2008
Avanteos is building on its direct equities service and launching its managed account product to provide greater transparency and flexibility for financial planners. The managed account's first phase is an individually managed account (IMA) product ...