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Dazza is a dud: FPA survey

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2007
Despite initial claims of success with consumers, almost two-thirds of Financial Planning Association (FPA) members believe the Value of Advice 'Dazza' advertising campaign has been a flop. First aired on national TV in October 2005, and backed up by ...

Centric buys PKF

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2007
Centric Wealth has made its final pre-listing acquisition, purchasing planner group PKF Financial Services. The company conducts PKF's financial planning business in Sydney and Brisbane and has approximately $400 million in assets under advice across ...

Labor supports financial services export push

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2007
The Shadow Minister for Trade and Regional Development, Simon Crean, has announced the Labor party's support for the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) May discussion paper on exporting Australia's financial services. Speaking at an ...

QIC appoints former HESTA marketing head

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2007
QIC has scored a major coup when it poached former HESTA executive manager of marketing strategy Bruce Stafford become its new head of marketing. Stafford left after seven years at HESTA, where he won multiple awards, including two ASFA Communications ...

IFSA names three for industry excellence

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2007
Asteron's Gerard Kerr, Colonial First State Investment's Philip Barlin and QIC's Angela Keane have been awarded the coveted Industry Excellence awards from the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA). Kerr, who is head of claims at Asteron ...

CBA launches $370m IWL offer

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2007
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia, owner of leading sharetrading services provider CommSec, is set to buy listed wealth management and broking group IWL for more than $370 million. CBA has entered into a Scheme Implementation Deed to acquire all of ...

CBRE Investors announces Aust NZ head

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2007
CB Richard Ellis (CBRE) Investors has announced Greg Keene as the face of the company for Australia and New Zealand. CBRE Investors appointed Keene the authorised representative for the company for Australia and New Zealand as part of their plan to ...

AustralianSuper presents pension made easy

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2007
AustralianSuper has unveiled a new in-house account-based pension for its 160,000 eligible members. Chief executive, Ian Silk, said he was expecting a strong uptake from eligible members with the pension being made available from January 2008. "With ...

Fidelity chief resigns

Michael Ohlsson has resigned as the managing director of Fidelity Investments Australia citing personal reasons. His decision came after three years at the helm and after an intense period of product launches and staff expansion. Since October 2005 ...

Avanteos platform fails to find buyer

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2007
The Commonwealth Bank has failed to attract a buyer for its Avanteos platform, after bids from potential buyers did not match their expectations. CBA initially looked at selling Avanteos following a strategic review of its platform business earlier ...