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BankWest calls on UK planners

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2007
BankWest is set to launch a financial planning service and will sidestep the planner shortage in Australia by scoping the talent pool of its UK parent HBOS. BankWest aims to have a financial adviser in all its branches with a target of recruiting 100 ...

Not much of a fix from the freeze

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2007
There may still be plenty of questions over the virtue and mechanics of the planned "freezing" of loan interest rates for several hundred thousand distressed home loan borrowers in the US. The US government formally outlined the plan this morning without ...

ANZ appoints ex-MLC as FP chief

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2007
ANZ has appointed Alan Logan to general manager of financial planning, ending its search after Mike Goodall's departure three months ago. The financial planning division has increased its planner numbers by 30 per cent in two years and has more than ...

Singapore mega-fund IC tender due

The Singapore Central Provident fund's board is calling for investment consultancy firms to tender for the service of providing consultancy under the CPF Investment Scheme (CPFIS). The mega-fund, which has more than $100 billion in member account balance ...

Futures contracts director caught without AFSL

ASIC has taken a court order against a Tasmanian-based company and director for providing financial training in futures contracts without the proper financial licence. The Federal Court of Australia, in Melbourne, made interim orders restraining Oxford ...

AustralianSuper marks $30b milestone

AustralianSuper is fast becoming the titan of all super funds after reporting a near 50 per cent increase in funds under management (FUM) to over $30 billion in under 18 months. AustralianSuper told members about the record growth of FUM at its annual ...

IOOF improves insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2007
IOOF has taken the bold step of automatically arranging up to $200,000 of death, total and permanent disablement cover for non-insured members and increasing the insurance cover of existing members by up to 30 per cent. Starting next year, members are ...

BNP Paribas wins CAAM custody

Credit Agricole Asset Management (CAAM) has appointed BNP Paribas Securities Services to provide fund administration and custody services following a tender process with other custodians. "The distinguishing factor for me was the people. During the ...

FPA chair joins FPSB

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) chair Corinna Dieters will represent Australia in the nine-member global governing body of Financial Planning Standards Board (FPSB). FPSB is a non-profit international organisation that manages and develops ...

Planners test new share trading blueprint

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2007
Tricom Investment Management and portfolio administration services provider APA Financial Services have joined to introduce a new Separately Managed Account (SMA) and direct share investment service. The new SMA product, due by December, will allow ...