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Slow tech roll-outs putting off tech-savvy Gen Y

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2006
... environments, such as their desk and a quiet room or breakout space. "This is increasingly important as offices become more open plan and the level of distraction rises. When work requiring high concentration needs to be done, productivity typically ...

MLC forms succession team to work with practices

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2006
MLC has formed a dedicated succession planning team to assist advisers to plan for retirement and comprehensively manage all aspects of their business towards succession. The Succession and Acquisition Services (SAS) team will be headed up by Bob Neill ...

ING to sponsor F1 Renault racing team

In a move that makes arguments about whether local super funds should be allowed to advertise pale into insignificance, ING Group has just announced a three year deal with the Renault Formula 1 motor racing team to be their global naming rights sponsor. ...

Dieters to chair FPA for another year

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 16 OCT 2006
Corinna Dieters will continue as chair of the Financial Planning Association (FPA) after being unanimously re-elected by the board. Dieters was also elected to the board as a voting member director for two years in 2004, but she will abdicate this position ...

Stockland opens unlisted shopping centre fund

Shopping centre giant Stockland has launched the first of a series of unlisted shopping centre funds it will offer to retail investors. Called the Stockland Direct Retail Trust (SDRT) No. 1, the fund will house a diverse group of shoping centers including ...

SSgA launches global index fund with value bias

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 16 OCT 2006
State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) has announced the launch of a new global passive fund that combines some of the core qualities of value investing with the benefits of passive index style investment management. The SSgA Wealth Weighted Global Equities ...

MLC analyst bags 2006 Future Leaders Award

MLC investment analyst, Myooran Mahalingam, has won the inaugural Future Leaders Awards, a joint initiative by the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) and Deloitte to recognise the voice of industry professionals aged under 30. The ...

Rainmaker SelectingSuper Fund of the Year Awards

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2006
The Rainmaker Group will hold its SelectingSuper Fund of the Year Awards on 3 November to celebrate the achievements of some of Australia's best super funds. Christopher Page, Rainmaker's managing director, said, "Rainmaker has been researching and ...

Marketers urged to target over-50s

KATE HAGE  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2006
Instead of chasing the fickle Generations X and Y, superannuation marketers could take their lead from an American marketing group urging businesses to turn their attention to a far wealthier and they say just as fickle demographic group, the over-50s. ...

Daily economic round-up

ALFRED SINN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2006
Financial markets across the world have held up reasonably well despite North Korea's nuclear tests that sent shockwaves across global financial markets on Monday. Most markets recovered by Tuesday and the US Dow Jones Industrial Index reached its record ...