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Aviva breaks industry fund hurdle

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2008
Wealth management group Aviva has stolen the march on rival industry funds by combining industry fund-style simplicity with retail fund-style service in its Navigator Business Super. It's like Aviva has capitulated to, and yet conquered, competition ...

CFDs to act as shield: CMC

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2008
Contract for difference (CFD) provider CMC Markets ups its stake in the financial planning industry and self directed self-managed super funds (SMSF) investors with the launch of its Shield Account product. According to Nic Blakemore, head of distribution ...

Credit Suisse pairs up with Julius Baer

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2008
Credit Suisse Asset Management has expanded its multi-boutique platform by partnering with international equities manager Julius Baer Investment Management (JBIM). The first JBIM product is expected to be available to Credit Suisse clients by the second ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2007
... rejected as inadequate. BHP, undeterred, said it would "continue to seek an opportunity". Rio left the door open. Together the pair are worth $US230 billion ($A247.9 billion). Bell Potter senior adviser Stuart Smith in Brisbane said the takeover bid ...

ASFA elects new board members

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2007
... long time ASFA member. Rubinsztein is new to ASFA, but ASFA chief executive Pauline Vamos said she would provide "a fresh pair of eyes." The pair will commence on November 15 after the ASFA annual general meeting, where the association will also decide ...

CFS awards $450m portable alpha mandate

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2007
... portable alpha mandate. The mandate is part of First Choice's Multi Manager Fixed Interest portfolio. Franklin Templeton will pair its global absolute return strategy with an underlying beta to provide the portable alpha. The absolute return strategy ...

Intech rounds out product team

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2007
... Katherine Burns as head of investment product and former ipac product manager Julie Smith as investment product specialist. The pair commenced their positions on October 17 and will work with senior investment product specialist Joanne Brady. Burns was ...

International ETFs debut on ASX

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2007
One of the world's largest exchange traded funds (ETFs) provider, Barclays Global Investors, has paired up with the local stock exchange to provide investors access to international shares and indices at a fraction of their current costs. The Australian ...

Industry fund ads off target?

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2007
... executive of marketing, media and communications group Evolution Media. She said despite recent successes with their 'Compare the Pair' campaign, the industry fund body was missing the point. "'Are you paying too much in fees?' & that's not really the ...

Compare the pair campaign is back

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2007
... Consumers can expect a renewed round of industry fund television advertising based on the now firmly established 'Compare the pair' theme. The campaign follows release of several 2006-07 performance surveys that show the normal-1-2 per cent advantage ...