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St. John leaves UniSuper

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2009
... management industry in his next role. "It could well be an executive position but it could be on a committee of board. At this stage I'm focused on having a break," he said.

BT Super for Life hits 100,000 members

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2009
... signing almost 100 new customers each day. The product is designed to remain relevant and effective at every members life-stage. Members can choose from four different investment streams using the firm's multi manager lifestyle funds. The product has ...

FPSA to recruit more advisers

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2009
Financial Planning Services Australia is looking to grow the number of practices under the FPSA umbrella to 50 and recruit 33 more advisers by year's end. FPSA, which has $1.4 billion in funds under advice, is looking to add 21 new practices and add ...

RARE quality found in infrastructure

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2009
... investments similarly to how you assess private equity. "What is important is to understand the lifecycle. There is a greenfield stage, a developing stage and a mature stage," said Dell. Not differentiating between greenfield infrastructure opportunities ...

ASSET Super launches TTR calculator

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2009
... premiums, and investment strategy. "One of the key features of the Asset TTR calculator is that it's interactive at every stage, so you can work out a variety of possibilities as you go - and yet its completely user-friendly," said John Paul, chief executive ...

AMPFP turn to IT to boost productivity

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2009
... consumer-friendly. "We know that some people want comprehensive advice but the vast majority want advice particular to life stage events so the question is, how do you develop documentation catered for those events." AMPFP boasts 650 practices and 1,300 ...

Sunsuper cuts fees, adds FP service

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2009
Queensland based industry fund, Sunsuper is cutting the fees on all its pension products by 10 basis points to 0.25 per cent, which could save members around $300 a year. The fee reduction, which comes into effect in May, applies to the super fund's ...

Ready, set, activate: AXA

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2009
... behaviour," he said. The program allows advisers to track the type of insurance that a client has bought, highlight the life stage and needs of the client and provide appropriate advice. It also produces reports for advisers and allows them to contact ...

SMAs under ratings microscope: van Eyk

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2009
Ratings and research group van Eyk is looking at developing a ratings methodology that will allow advisers to compare the range of separately managed accounts (SMAs) in the market, a small step that goes a long way in legitimising the inclusion of SMAs ...

AUSCOAL overhauls insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2009
... moved from providing all active members $50,000 default death and total permanent disable cover at a fixed cost, to a life stage cycle-based cover. The new cover will provide up to $100,000 enhanced basic death and terminal illness and TPD cover. "We ...