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AMP to manage Trio Capital super money

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2010
AMP SignatureSuper has been selected as the preferred successor superannuation fund for embattled Trio Capital Limited super fund members. ACT Super Management, acting as trustee of Trio Capital since last December, made the decision to transfer the ...

Insurance platforms highly preferred: report

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2010
Some 80 per cent of advisers use platforms to write risk advice, according to latest figures from Investment Trends research. This goes against the theory that many advisers are threatened by Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms, with platforms ...

Astarra director faces five years jail, $220k fine

ASIC RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2010
The former director of Astarra Asset Management, Shawn Richard, faces a maximum penalty of 5 years imprisonment or a $220,000 fine - or both - and has been banned for life from providing financial services. Richard pleaded guilty to two charges of dishonest ...

Faster and easier insurance: Asteron

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 NOV 2010
Asteron has axed mandatory personal medical attendant's reports (PMARs) for all types of cover across all products, making insurance easier to access for advisers and clients. Asteron has also increased non-medical and financial underwriting requirements ...

Schroders adds to sales team

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2010
Schroder Investment Management Australia Limited has expanded its sales team with the appointment of a new institutional client director and research relationship manager. Kerrie Howard has joined the company as institutional client director, based ...

ASIC tightens noose on managed inv schemes

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 8 OCT 2010
Australia's top financial watchdog has called for strict new requirements to protect investors in managed investment schemes, but the rules could end up hurting the very same people they aim to protect. In a recently released discussion paper, ASIC ...

No easy fit for health insurance: super

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 10 SEP 2010
Super funds offering health insurance as a bundled product would be an ideal evolution of the savings and healthcare industries, but achieving this goal is a long way off - if it ever happens, insurers say. Jeremy Cooper, chair of the Super System Review ...

Rainmaker unveils winners of the 2010 Marketing Excellence Awards

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2010
AustralianSuper, Principal Global Investors and AMP were among the winners of last night's 16th Rainmaker Marketing Excellence Awards held at the Shangri-La in Sydney. More than 160 attendees, many of whom are sales and marketing specialists in financial ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 AUG 2010
The Australian market has received mixed leads from overnight trade offshore. Wall Street indices were flat to marginally higher, whilst metals were higher, but oil was slightly lower. At 0739 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share ...

Rainmaker unveils 2010 award nominees

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 16 AUG 2010
The 16th Rainmaker Marketing Symposium is to be held within weeks and will see the gathering of leading minds across the financial industry, and will feature an awards night to recognise the best in financial services marketing. Professionals from all ...