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CommunityCPS launches charity foundation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2007
Financial institutions in Australia routinely celebrate their wealth and profit results but more are trying to harness this to drive community marketing initiatives and charity foundations. The latest institution to do launch a charity foundation is ...

BT appoints distribution head for SA and NT

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2007
BT Financial Group has appointed a new head of distribution for South Australia and the Northern Territory. Self-managed super fund (SMSF) specialist and SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) member Neil Sparks joins BT from his previous ...

Boomers care more for environment than super

... development of alternative fuels and energy as 'vote changing issues', while only one electorate - Hindmarsh in South Australia - polled over 50 per cent regarding the significance of adequate pensions and benefits. The results come as a surprise, especially ...

HLB Mann Judd national strategy remains unchanged

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2007
It is business as usual for HLB Mann Judd in most Australian States, following the sale of the HLB Mann Judd financial planning business in Victoria to Bridgeport last week. HLB Mann Judd National Association chairman, John Biddle, was keen to point ...

Community CPS credit union launches Eastwoods FP

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2007
Recently merged and expanded credit union Community CPS has launched its in-house financial planning service, Eastwoods, already operating with $300 million in funds under advice (FUA). Kevin Benger, chief executive office of Community CPS, said, "We ...

Qld investors like it hot

NICK OLIVER  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2007
Queenslanders have the biggest appetite for risk when it comes to investing, according to research undertaken by Aviva. The research was based on inflows into the Navigator platform on a state by state basis. Queensland investors had the highest risk ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2006
... Northern Territory (14.5 per cent) followed by Western Australia (13.4 per cent) and negative growth occurred in South Australia (-6.2 per cent). Passenger vehicles were the only vehicles to decrease (-1.8 per cent) whereas other vehicles rose by 2.1 ...

AFS appoints new regional manager

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2006
Australian Financial Services (AFS) has announced the appointment of a new regional manager for Western Australia and South Australia. AFS chief executive officer, Peter Daly, welcomed Ken Blayney to the position, highlighting the importance of Western ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 16 OCT 2006
The US release of key retail sales data for September showed that while there was a 0.4 per cent fall in sales most of this was due to the 9.3 per cent reduction in petrol station sales due to falling fuel costs since July. Consequently, excluding fuel ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2006
Data on the number of job vacancies was released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics yesterday revealing that on a seasonally adjusted basis the national figure stood at 154,000 in August, up by 11 per cent from the corresponding quarter last year. ...