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New fee model for contributions

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2010
Cuscal is hoping to make its mark in the super rollover and contributions market after rolling out its e-commerce offering, ClickSuper - offering employers a different approach to making super payments. Cuscal introduced ClickSuper two months ago, a ...

Plan for Life offloads LifeRisk Online

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2010
Plan For Life passed its LifeRisk Online rights to the Life Risk Group, which announced plans to relaunch the adviser subscription service. Plan For Life said it would focus its attention on its core research business. Stephen Dingjan, managing director ...

CBA plans retail bond offering

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2010
In a huge boost for the dormant Australian retail bond market, Commonwealth Bank announced plans to tap retail investors' appetite for fixed income with the imminent launch of 5-year floating rate notes. The size of the offering is believed to be as ...

Westpac shines with $6.5bn full year profit

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 NOV 2010
Westpac has outshone its big four banking rivals, announcing full year net profits of $6.5 billion this morning, up a staggering 84 per cent on last year's result, with BT Financial Group one of its best performing business units. Westpac's cash earnings ...

More products, more support for planners: BTIM

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2010
BT Investment Management will increase the support it gives to financial planners and roll out new products for the retail market as part of its expansion plan, the firm said after announcing a cash net profit after tax of $30.9 million this morning. ...

Principal boutique launches currency fund

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2010
Macro Currency Group has launched the Principal High Alpha Currency fund, a Dublin-registered qualifying investor fund with AUD$40 million of external seed capital. The Fund is a sub-fund of the Principal Global Opportunities Series and uses the same ...

Australians willing to pay just $300 for advice

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2010
The average Australian believes financial advice should cost just $300 upfront - almost 10 times less what planners say is the break-even cost of providing full advice, and a figure planners are calling "completely unrealistic". New research from Investment ...

Zurich launches iPhone app for life insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2010
Zurich is launching a new iPhone application that allows advisers to provide life insurance quotes to clients - catering to the soaring number of planners who use iPhones and want faster, simpler technology to help clients buy insurance. Zurich is providing ...

Money, money, money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2010

RewardSuper and Fin Synergy improve SMSF admin

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2010
RewardSuper has struck a deal with Financial Synergy to integrate the Acurity platform and RSDataWeb - improving the online administration for over 2.5 million super members with $50 billion in funds. The new partnership could see advisers save up to ...