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Rainmaker Marketing Excellence Awards 2009

... Australia Rainmaker Marketing of the Year (Open) Winner Barry Wyatt - AXA Australia Finalists Allyson Lowbridge - Bell Direct Michael Browne - CommInsure Carly Loder - BT Financial Group Best Website of the Year (Superannuation) Winner www.individuum.com.au ...

The liquidity trade-off

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2009
Commodities, currencies, infrastructure and private equity will feature prominently in the next generation of super fund investment options and with that comes problems with balancing member choice with the right liquidity policy. Bruce Garratt, intermediary ...

Finsuper members flock to new insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2009
More than 350 Finsuper Division members, a division within AustralianSuper that caters for financial services workers, have taken up the fund's new insurance offer in the 10 days since it launched. The Finsuper Division was created to cater for financial ...

Platinum holds steady in upswing

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2009
Platinum International fund, the largest global equities fund in Australia with more than $7.6 billion in FUM, ranks as one of the top three performers in global equities in the year to April, but Platinum chief investment officer Kerr Neilson, still ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2009
... Retailers Association Retail Nation 2009 conference take places, with speakers including Woolworths Ltd chief executive Michael Luscombe and David Jones Ltd chief executive Mark McInnes. Greater Pacific Gold Ltd holds its annual general meeting in Perth. ...

Instinet launches Newport 3

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2009
US-based electronic trading firm Instinet breaks new ground with the global launch of its "third-generation" trading execution platform and separately, in Australia, the local arm's foray into providing transition management services for super funds. ...

FIRSTUNITY sets up Brisbane shop

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2009
... office and the appointment of these four high calibre advisers continues the expansion of our business in Australia," said Michael Parsons, managing director at FIRSTUNITY Wealth Management. "[This] enables FIRSTUNITY Wealth Management to provide customised ...

ATO targets loss schemes

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2009
As the 2008-09 financial year draws to a close, tax commissioner Michael D'Ascenzo warned last month that his office will be closely reviewing three arrangements that attempt to falsely generate claims for inappropriate tax losses. The department is ...

NZ govt to suspend NZ Super contribs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2009
The New Zealand government's plans to stop contributions to NZ Super for at least a decade could place the super fund under greater financial pressure in the future, according to one global asset consultant. Martin Lewington, New Zealand business leader ...

Tribeca stays on track

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2009
Tribeca Investment Partners has received a number of rating upgrades and one of its funds was added to an investment wrap one year after Grant Samuel Funds Management took an equity stake in the firm. David Aylward, chief executive at Tribeca Investment ...