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ACCC opposes NAB/AXA merger

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2010
... including feedback from planners, dealer groups and investment product providers. "The undertakings as proposed place a heavy reliance upon IOOF having sufficient distribution capability to provide an effective competitive constraint upon existing key ...

ASFA principles recommend super industry changes

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2010
The rising importance of superannuation in the economy and members growing reliance on their super's performance have formed the basis for the latest ASFA Policy principles report, released this week. The principles report, which is updated annually ...

Liquidnet taps NZ market

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2010
... via Liquidnet's electronic trading platform, empowering them with control over the execution process and reducing their reliance on external brokers. "We bring together natural buyers and sellers of large blocks within a secure environment where they ...

MLC cuts Wellington and appoints Carnegie

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2010
... global equities strategy to "increase the diversification of quality managers outside the US and reduce the strategy's reliance on any single manager". Following Carnegie's appointment, MLC has moved to implement an equal 12.5 per cent allocation of ...

Raising SG could impact regional companies

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAY 2010
... "While we believe that these changes will do their part to increase the super savings of Australians and thereby reduce reliance on our welfare system, we do have some concerns about the time frame over which these changes will be phased in, and the ...

Paragem targets practices with portfolio service

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2010
... flexible, lower cost investment alternative that takes into account individual investor needs and move away from its reliance on product commissions," said Charlie Haynes, managing director at Investment Portfolios. The business will also provide asset ...

Govt unveils more super reforms

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2010
... a minimum there's no doubt about it. "[But] if we really want people to be strong consumers and active and remove any reliance on the aged pension, then we'll eventually have to go to 15 per cent." At the current 12 per cent, a lot of Australians will ...

Instos still lukewarm on climate change risk

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2010
... their asset consultants and 28 per cent plan to include it into their normal fund capabilities. But the problem with the reliance on asset consultants or the fund managers is that they, too, have limited capability, according to the same survey. For ...

Investors back structured prod investments

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2009
... markets, with one provider of the products gaining more than $100 million in just 18 months. Instreet's includes Enterprise, Reliance and Link structured product series attracted more than $100 million in funds under management. George Lucas, managing ...

Gen Y have unrealistic investment expectations: research

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2009
... found Gen Y investors are more likely to consult a financial adviser than they were a year ago. At the same time, their reliance on family members, friends and their accountant for investment tips fell. This is the second time the survey has been con ...