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Virgin home loan spices up mortgage lending

... Virgin is likely to face stiff competition from non-bank lenders such as Wizard, RAMS and Aussie Home Loans. Wizard's Smart Choice loan has a comparable 6.97 per cent variable interest rate while its Rate Break loan has a low 5.71 per cent variable interest ...

Gates wide open for fee-for-service: MLC

... stressed that the move is not a "good versus evil debate between commissions and fees" but is about providing consumers with choice and improved transparency on what they are paying for. He added that it also provides apple-for-apple comparison with ...

Industry super funds trump retail master trusts, again

... believe this net benefit to member information is a vital part of the total package of information needed to make the right choice (for their own circumstances). "Part of the reason why members can be better off in an industry super fund is they currently ...

BOC Gas Super breaks $500m while closing mandates

... other corporate funds are closing down," said Hocker. To develop the fund further, it will be introducing member investment choice later in the year and upgrading member services. On the investment management front, shifting across to Intech has caused ...

FuturePlus secures $2.2bn SERF and SRF mandate

... consulting services." Westbrook expects more mandates in the future. "It makes perfect sense. In the highly competitive choice of fund environment, super funds that choose to remain independent will need to find ways to reduce costs while still providing ...

Master trusts losing ground over poor marketing

... differentiate themselves," said Evolution Media's CEO, Vanessa Stoykov. She added, "The challenge for master trusts, in a choice environment, is to harness financial planners as a distribution force, by using marketing that addresses their needs as small ...

Australia leads charge on super assets growth

... countries can learn valuable lessons from Australia, such as the importance of member education and the management of cost and choice in provider-led marketplaces."

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2006
... Tabcorp, Alinta, Newcrest, IAG, Multiplex, Brambles, Downer EDI, Macquarie Infrastructure Group, Adsteam Marine, Mortgage Choice, Santos, Zinifex Cabcharge, Macquarie DDR, Wattyl, ING Office Fund and Housewares International releasing first half results. ...

APRA counts licensee applicants post-deadline

... Snell said Friday's deadline came and went without any shocks, adding that the numbers simply represented funds exercising choice rather than being ill prepared. "That's not a matter of people failing to apply or not - it's them deciding not to apply." ...

Super choice information overload

ASFA celebrated Valentine's Day this year with the message that super choice has been a non-event that has lead to information overload. This is despite ASFA's own research revealing that already nearly one in 10 fund members are likely to exercise ...