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IFM in A$5.5bn bid for fourth-largest English and Welsh water supplier

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2006
Industry Funds Management (IFM) has announce that a consortium it is involved with is bidding to takeover AWG in the UK, the fourth-largest water supplier and sewage company in England and Wales. Other consortium partners also include Osprey Acquisitions ...

Move over FinLit, CrickLit is on its way

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2006
... first of its kind for Australian teachers and students in being able to interact and learn about subjects such as History, English, Geography and Maths, through cricket." The CrickKids iniatives highlight how competitive it will be for interest groups ...

Scam targets ethnic community

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2006
... consumer protection, Greg Tanzer, said that the regulator was concerned investors from some communities, particularly non-English speaking backgrounds, were not performing adequate checks and safeguarding themselves against illegal schemes, making them ...

Value of advice shines at Tupicoffs

... mental angst of getting these letters and not knowing what to do with them, it can get a bit stressful. Even more so when English is not your first language." Kendall conceded that while he may have been able to help in this instance, there's just no ...

Super benefits buried under gobbledygook

... director of Communi(k), a communications consultancy firm currently working with Sunsuper, REST and STA to provide 'plain English' education to their super members.

AXA launches pay-as-you-go adviser software

... designed to help their network of planners engage consumers. The group has rewritten their Statement of Advice into 'plain English' and modified their SOA generation tool so planners can cut the length of their SOAs by as much as 50 per cent, a salute ...

Saint to solve the SMSF investment strategy nightmare

... overall investment risk and presents insights into the key risks reflected in the investment strategy of the fund - in plain English." "For the first time, Trustees can identify and measure risk in terms that have direct meaning to their investment strategy ...

Consumers say plain English please

... reveals that most super fund members don't want 'more products' or 'extra features' but instead just want more 'plain English'. The research - due for release later this month - was sponsored by three of Australia's largest industry funds REST, STA and ...

ASIC issues guidance on general advice warning and SOAs

... in SOAs including the length, no 'weasel words' - such as lengthy disclaimers and exclusion, the use of simple, plain English, adequate disclosure of conflicts, fees and commissions and a clear explanation of the scope and limitations of the advice. ...

Scott retires from ANZ board

... of having directors with long-standing knowledge of the company and economic cycle. "His keen intellect, command of the English language, quiet wisdom and the ability to foster a collaborative environment at all levels has underpinned a very high quality ...