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Towers Watson appoints new director

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2012
Towers Watson, the global professional services company, has appointed Adam Hall as director of its Australian organisational surveys and insights team. Towers Watson is engaged in management consultancy, helping organisations improve performance. It ...

Macquarie in bid for Robeco: Report

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2012
Rabobank's Robeco unit is expected to be sold later this month, and if recent reports by Reuters are correct, Macquarie Group and Japanese finance company ORIX Corp are now among the contenders. Included among recent bidders for the European asset management ...

State Street profits up 23% on Lehman wind up

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2012
State Street, one of the world's largest providers of financial services, has announced a 23% rise in third quarter profits despite a slight fall in revenue, bolstered by claims linked to the Lehman Brothers' bankruptcy. The Boston-based bank, which ...

Accountants to deliver advice under new regime

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2012
Approximately 75% of accountants who took part in an MLC survey plans to deliver advice to their clients under the new proposed licensing regime. Out of the 200 accountants MLC surveyed at its Accountant Seminar Series last week, 67% would like to deliver ...

AFA names finalists for the Adviser of the Year Award

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has named the six finalists of the association's prestigious 2012 AFA Adviser of the Year Award. In a year that sees the award celebrate its 10th anniversary, female advisers are more strongly represented ...

Annuities lead US advice requests

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2012
Annuities are the number one product class US investors are requesting advice for, according to a new report on the US annuities and the insurance sector by Cerullui Associates. "Annuities are the most unsolicited products requested by clients," they ...

Members lack info on fees

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2012
Superannuation fees are still one of the largest information gaps for members of Australian funds, according to a recent survey. The 2012 Member Sentiment and Communications Report by Investment Trends and QSuper surveyed members on their understanding ...

China trip provides first-hand insights

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
... the ground has improved dramatically since China opened up to foreign investment, said Jonathan Wu, Premium China's associate director and head of distributions and management. "It's really the fear of what investors' think that they do not know," said ...

Hybrid securities back in favour

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
Despite ASIC's decision to sound warning bells over the risks and complexities of hybrid securities, there is a growing appetite in the market for the high rate of return this product can offer investors. The corporate watchdog's warnings follows more ...

Liquidity comes at a price: Certitude

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
The net effect of manufacturing liquidity to meet investors' desire for access to their funds at short notice is insufficient diversification and reduced investment performance, says Craig Mowll, CEO of Certitude Global Investments. Mowll claims that ...