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Legal risks pose social media stumbling blocks

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2010
... have we had such easy access to the minds of our clients and our customers...we can't ignore it." Wells said at the Rainmaker Marketing Symposium last week that half of investment management providers are still in discovery mode when it comes to social ...

More wealth mgmt on web

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2010
... finance technology expert. Barbara Cooke, communications director at Thomson Reuters, told the attendees of last week's Rainmaker Marketing Symposium how they are tailoring their strategies to the way people are consuming electronic media in the last ...

Focus on member retirement outcomes

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2010
... annual account balances and peer performance, said Troy Rieck, QIC head of capital markets. Speaking at the 16th annual Rainmaker Marketing symposium late last week, Rieck said benchmarks were "rubbish", arguing that many benchmarks are deeply flawed ...

Rainmaker unveils winners of the 2010 Marketing Excellence Awards

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2010
AustralianSuper, Principal Global Investors and AMP were among the winners of last night's 16th Rainmaker Marketing Excellence Awards held at the Shangri-La in Sydney. More than 160 attendees, many of whom are sales and marketing specialists in financial ...

NGS Super takes fresh route to tap EM

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2010
Speaking at the Rainmaker Marketing Symposium yesterday on how super funds and fund managers can collaborate more on investments, one super fund suggested the idea of creating tailored resources mandates. Anthony Rodwell-Ball, chief executive officer ...

NGS Super considers Shariah-compliant option

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2010
... feedback from the Islamic members of the fund. Chief executive Anthony Rodwell-Ball told the audience at yesterday's Rainmaker Marketing Symposium that the fund is working with fund managers to create a new investment option that meets of their diverse ...

Investors call planners to charge performance-based fees

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2010
... adopting this fee structure. Mark Johnston, principal of research firm Investment Trends and speaker at this morning's Rainmaker Marketing Symposium, said an emerging trend among retail clients is their preference for advisers to charge performance-based ...

AustralianSuper retains $1bn Concord mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2010
... Capital has also declined to comment, and a voice message left on Douglas' phone yesterday was not returned. According to Rainmaker Information, Concord Capital had $3.46 billion in funds under management at the end of June. Members of the investment ...

452 Capital mandates at risk

RUTH LIEW AND JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2010
... HOST-PLUS, which had a $281.8 million Australian equities mandate with 452 Capital at the end of June 2010, according to Rainmaker Information data, said the fund was in discussions with the firm regarding the proceedings. "Clearly it's a significant ...

Fastest growing planners book above 30pc growth

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 16 AUG 2010
... adviser groups, all of which posted more than 30 per cent growth of adviser numbers each year over the past three years, Rainmaker research shows. Growth in the planning industry seem modest by comparison to other sectors. In fact, Rainmaker data shows ...