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Rainmaker appoints brand and media strategist

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2013
Rainmaker Group has appointed financial services brand and marketing veteran Bronwyn Delaney as Brand and Media Strategist. In this newly-created role, Bronwyn will be responsible for providing a strategic facility for Rainmaker clients who are seeking ...

Apps disappoint despite vast tech spend

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2013
The problems consumers have encountered with mobile banking applications may inform the financial services industry as it looks to produce its own investment and superannuation apps. According to BanterMob director of mobile marketing and strategy Kelly ...

Switzerland falling out of favour with UHNWs

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013
Switzerland will lose its status as the private banking capital of the world by 2020, according to a new WealthInsight report. The research group, which tracks global trends in the ultra high net worth segment of the market, said it expected Singapore ...

IFM consortium wins Port Botany lease

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2013
A consortium led by Industry Funds Management (IFM) has won a bid for the long-term leases of Port Botany and Port Kembla. The consortium known as NSW Ports includes some of Australia's biggest industry superannuation funds - AustralianSuper, Cbus ...

CFS fund celebrates 5-year anniversary with aplomb

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2013
The Colonial First State Wholesale Equity Income Fund has marked its five-year anniversary with strong performance figures. Since its launch at the height of the financial crisis in 2008, the strategy has had significantly lower volatility than the ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2013
The Australian share market has opened higher after investors regained some of their appetite to buy. The big miners and the major banks made early gains. IG Markets market strategist Stan Shamu said investors were using recent dividend payments to ...

Securities dealer scales back after ASIC review

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2013
Securities dealer Clearing & Settlement Services (CSS) has downsized its operations after the Australian Securities and Investments Commissions (ASIC) found it had failed to comply with conditions of its Australian Financial Services licence (AFSL). ...

Mobile friendly websites are the way to go: HESTA

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2013
Mobile devices are fast becoming the main internet access point for consumers. Superannuation funds should take this into account when designing their communication and client engagement strategy, CallumTod, HESTA head of digital marketing said. HESTA ...

Financial Wisdom launches discounted recruitment service

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2013
Dealer group Financial Wisdom has launched a service to solve adviser recruitment issues in its aligned practices. As part of the new service, the Commonwealth Bank (CBA) backed Financial Wisdom has created an external recruitment website and offers ...

Admin costs rise four-fold off-platform: research

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2013
Advisers who choose to go off-platform when handling client investments could be hit with higher admin costs, in one case four times more compared with staying on-platform, research found. The report undertaken by Praxis Partners and commissioned by ...