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MTAA halts new money to 'illiquid' option

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2010
... offering the strategy to members. "We've considered [closing] it as well, but we will continue to have that as an investment choice option in the fund," he said. "Mainly because our approach is to consider it over the long term basis, and over the longer ...

MLC acquires remaining Meritum stake

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2010
... provision is very much core business for MLC and Meritum falls right within that zone." Meritum advisers currently have a choice of platforms, including MLC's Navigator. Stephen Trist, appointed general manager of Meritum, said that MLC would be able ...

Kingston Capital signs on Powerwrap SMA

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2010
... Powerwrap chief executive, Andrew Varlamos, said the firm will aim to deliver a solution which provides cost savings, greater choice, transparency and control over investments to Kingston Capital clients. "We will be able to manage our SMA clients very ...

Tower posts strong growth in direct and life ins

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2010
... working with the Financial Services Council to develop protocols for adviser remuneration to enhance sustainability and choice of remuneration models in response to impending removals of commissions from superannuation products. "Tower supports remuneration ...

Shorten unveils advisory panel

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2010
... Smith Professor, University of New South Wales Richard Klipin, CEO, Association of Financial Advisers Jenni Mack, Chair, Choice Alex Malley, CEO, CPA Australia Rod Masson, National Director, Financial Sector Union Mark Rantall, CEO, Financial Planning ...

Centric Wealth gears up for acquisitions

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 19 NOV 2010
... policy that forbids planners to be biased by any product manufacturers, and includes strict asset allocation and product choice reviews to ensure compliance, said McMurdo. "We see a real opportunity for a small number of independent firms to provide ...

Lower returns outlook will change allocation choices

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2010
The lower returns outlook will force trustees to look further afield for capital growth, even into areas that they previously ignored or rejected. It's not just an Australian phenomenon either as it's happening to trustees the world over, said Stephane ...

Thanks but no thanks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 NOV 2010
... creaming of the Democrats at the just concluded mid-term elections has heightened the prospect that the Big O would have no choice but to extend his predecessor's tax cuts - reportedly by another two years. And that spells D-E-F-I-C-I-T. And deficit ...

AMP unveils $6.34 per share bid for AXA

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2010
... Craig Dunn said. "This merger would accelerate our drive to broaden and diversify our distribution giving consumers greater choice in how they deal with us. AXA APH's multi-brand distribution model would complement AMP's existing range of planner models ...

Gen Yers want advice

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2010
... cover they can receive. On the intra-fund advice side of the business, around 18 per cent of members call for investment choice information, rating it just below insurance. Around 9 per cent of calls seek personal contribution advice, 7 per cent on co-contribution ...