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Sign on fees creating dealer group controversy

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2012
... has just over 300 member firms, while BT Magnitude had 47 planners and 20 offices, as at March 31 2012, according to Rainmaker Information. Phil Butterworth, managing director of BT Advice has admitted paying transition costs to practices making the ...

Mercer builds adviser reach

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2012
... relation to adviser numbers in the platforms serviced, behind Lonsec, Morningstar and vanEyk, according to data from Rainmaker Information. Speaking of the impact on advisers within its dealer group, ANZ said, "This appointment reflects ANZ's commitment ...

Latest Financial Standard iPad edition available now

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2012
... Internet. For investment professionals, the research tables on super funds and managed funds performance data - supplied by Rainmaker Information and published in the print edition - are available on iPadA(R) in an interactive format.

Unstable markets demand more from COOs

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2012
... the Awards consists of Greg Bright (Binalong Advisory Services), Greg O'Neill (La Trobe Financial), Christopher Page (Rainmaker and Financial Standard), Christine Liosis (Telstra Super), David Coogan (PricewaterhouseCoopers) and Jeff Bresnahan (SuperRatings). ...

10m Aussies 'Like' Facebook

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2012
... of social media in Australia, a recent pilot study of 20 major super funds with a social media presence conducted by Rainmaker found they had attracted only a combined 40,000 Twitter followers, LinkedIn connections, YouTube and Facebook 'likes'.

Hastings consortium snaps up de-sal plant

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012
... Management, at a recent industry superannuation event. Hastings currently has $6.9bn funds under management, according to Rainmaker figures as at March 31. The Hastings funds involved in the sale are the Utilities Trust of Australia (UTA) and The Infrastructure ...

Changing CIO and COO roles need recognition

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2012
... judging panel consists of: Greg Bright (Binalong Advisory Services), Greg O'Neill (La Trobe Financial), Christopher Page (Rainmaker and Financial Standard), Jeff Bresnahan (SuperRatings), Christina Liosis (Telstra Super) and David Coogan (PwC). Fund ...

Latest Financial Standard iPad edition available now

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2012
... Internet. For investment professionals, the research tables on super funds and managed funds performance data - supplied by Rainmaker Information and published in the print edition - are available on iPadA(R) in an interactive format.

Insurance bonds back in favour

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012
... In the 1980s, insurance bonds were a huge investment vehicle, but in the 1990s they lost favour, said James Proctor, Rainmaker Group head of technical services. According to Higgins, the insurance bonds lost favour because the providers AMP, AXA, MLC ...

Super funds continue to recover

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2012
... up slightly from 0.26% at end February, -0.4% at end January and 1.7% at end December, revealed research conducted by Rainmaker, SelectingSuper's research partner. Three year returns are much higher still at 8.61% pa while 10 year returns are 5.25% pa. ...