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Farmers get free advice

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2008
... counsellors to financial planners just over a year. Susan Grice, FPA Pro Bono Program manager, said the FPA didn't expect a large uptake in the short space of time and is confident greater education and awareness of the program, the number of rural residents ...

GRI sets up Australian base

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2008
... law, Senator Nick Sherry. "My hope is collaboration between the St James Ethics Centre and the GRI will strengthen the uptake of corporate sustainability reporting in Australia."

Climate change rhetoric yet to match investor reality

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2008
... research from. "We are seeing the evidence [for sustainable investing] and have the case studies, but we are not getting the uptake we were expecting," said Fahy. To address the information gap, the report noted, "There is a need to mainstream climate ...

Advisers open doors to $50k clients

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2008
... quite a few different programs together for advisers, including [initiatives] such as our net web cast. And so far the uptake of those have been at record high levels," said Barnwell.

Shift ad budget for Gen Y: Williams

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2008
... demographics such as the 'baby boomers'. "Boomers are certainly coming online, once they get comfortable with the technology their uptake in use is exponential," she said. However, Williams stressed the need to get the message right. "If boomers and ...

BGI targets adviser iShare apathy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2008
... platforms, overall, are not well equipped to provide direct share trading, which could go someway to explaining the lacklustre uptake of ETFs. "Typically the dealer groups from a software perspective they've been awfully good at managed funds but awfully ...

Online insurance lost in cyberspace

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2008
... up to ten per cent more than buying them through conventional means - but the online revolution seems to be slow on the uptake, a new survey shows. According to a recent Allianz poll, only 32 per cent of Australians aged 18 years and over expect buying ...

Buy side problems FIX'd

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2008

AXA Rosenberg eyes emerging markets

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2008
... ability to generate alpha by measuring its efficiency, earnings forecasts and broker recommendations. He said he expected the uptake for the emerging market product to be positive because Australian institutions understood the investment strategy and ...

Insurance that gives and gives

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2008
... "We're off to a good start in terms of applications going coming in. We've already pledged $2 million to the charities so uptake has been good, the people we've spoken to click with it quickly," he said.