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Westpac offers carbon trade platform

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2011
... Exchange from their own bank account. Westpac is the first bank to be involved and will provide any carbon traders with the choice to trade in a range of global voluntary offset projects such as energy efficiency, renewable energy and forestry. Companies ...

AXA releases new North

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
... guaranteed product's super and pension accounts. Additionally, advisers will have access to their own model portfolio creation, choice of 144 managed funds, term deposits and pricing adjustments. In particular advisers can use a direct online trading ...

Former MilitarySuper chief joins HOSTPLUS

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2011
... focus on product and service development with the appointment of Paul Watson as executive manager, member and consumer choice. Watson is responsible for producing and implementing the $9 billion hospitality and tourism fund's strategic and business plans ...

Speed bumps to annuities

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2011
... products in the Australian market. However, post-retirement strategy continue to be a hot topic, with trustees faced with the choice to launch direct forms of longevity protection, particularly annuities. The most common product is the lifetime annuity ...

CFS GAM resources team lose two analysts

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2011
... since mid-2010 with the hire of three analysts. Standard & Poor's Fund Services has subsequently removed the CFS First Choice Wholesale Global Resources Fund from 'On Hold' and lowered it from four stars to three. "We hold the team and process in high ...

FSS and Health Super merger on track

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2011
... including the Money Magazine Best of the Best award and the Rainmaker SelectingSuper Retirement Fund of the Year - Value Choice. Dwyer also said the merger would provide opportunity scale to help it expand its services. The fund keeps costs down by ensuring ...

Aussie funds fail transparency test

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2011
... independent advisers into dealer groups where they had easier access to information. "But then the dealer group limits choice," he said. On a practical level, Hooper said independent advisers could try to understand the culture of the fund management ...

Mason Stevens signs dealer group MAs

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2011
Managed accounts provider Mason Stevens has signed 12 dealer groups to its services, joining the fray of MA providers that are proving popular among financial advisers. Currently, there is an enormous amount of interest in managed accounts from right ...

Rising oil prices add to sovereign risk

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2011
Super funds have been urged to perform oil vulnerability assessment after blasts rocked Moamar Gaddafi's Tripoli compound this morning. As explosions and anti-aircraft fire rocked the Libyan capital, brent crude prices rose to US$114.86 per barrel. ...

Fund manager takes social media to next level

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2011
... for online and its usability should not be underestimated," said Bryden. NakedFunds members respond to online multiple-choice questions about investing and can share their opinion on a weekly-basis about a specific investment focus each month. Bryden ...