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More choice for Westpac Online investors

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2010
Investors of Westpac Online will soon have greater choice with the platform to launch new features early next year including the ability to trade commodities, international equities and indices. "We will also be introducing an attractive cash proposition ...

Fiducian updates FORCe software

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2010
Fiducian has enhanced its FORCe financial planning software to give planners better tools to educate clients on the risk and rewards of investment gearing. Fiducian Portfolio Services has released an integrated sensitivity analysis module to test gearing ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2010
... House, with appearances, inter alia, by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority, the Australian Bankers Association, CHOICE and former non-bank lender, Aussie Home Loans. On Monday, the Australian share market was driven marginally higher by the ...

Instos lead charge into ETFs

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2010
... response from financial advisers, direct investors and institutions towards the new funds, as they take advantage of greater choice now available in the local market to gain exposure to different parts of the Australian equity market," said Tom Keenan ...

AvSuper appoints Russell for admin

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2010
... to over 220,000 individuals and includes contributions and benefit payment processing, insurance and claims management, choice of fund, financial reporting, online services, interactive voice response, call centre and financial advice.

Insurance platforms highly preferred: report

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2010
... per cent of average practice revenue. With the popularity of platforms, the report found that advisers prefer a range of choice of insurer, this being the key enhancement requested. "This has been strongly resisted by all platforms until very recently," ...

Changes ahead for WA govt super

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2010
... that mutualisation was not in the interests of members or the State and recommended an alternative model which introduces choice of superannuation fund and refocuses the Government Employees Superannuation Board (GESB) back to its core business of managing ...

Aviiid prepares to launch fund

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2010
Aviiid Third-age Living has appointed Pillar and Australian Unity director Eve Crestani as chairman and expanded its executive team, ahead of the launch of a new fund early next year. Aviiid, an investment funds and superannuation manager, invests in ...

UCSuper makes debut in infrastructure

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2010
... infrastructure holdings will be added to the fund's alternatives portfolio, across four of the funds' member investment choice options. The new allocation to members' investment choices will be made available next month, he said. "[We're] trying to restructure ...

AusFIN calls for 'fairer outcomes'

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2010
... made up of various bodies including industry heavyweights, the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU), consumer body CHOICE and the Industry Super Network (ISN). The network also counts the Consumer Action Law Centre, Finance Sector Union of Australia ...