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ESS and SSF super fund talks deadlocked

Union representatives are deadlocked in talks with the Victorian government over the proposed merger of the Emergency Services Superannuation Scheme (ESSS) and the State Superannuation Fund (SSF) amid their concerns members' defined benefits might be ...

FPA launches consumer advice campaign

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has launched its long awaited consumer campaign aimed at demonstrating the value-add of why consumers should use a financial adviser. The campaign, to be fully integrated across television, print and the internet ...

Investors get new platform for proxy voting

ISS Proxy Australia has launched an online corporate governance platform providing proxy voting and research to the Australian market. ISS Proxy Australia director operations, Dean Paatsch, says "Everything an informed analyst required to vote efficiently ...

Women retirees worse off than men: Citibank

Women may make better drivers than men but they fail to apply the same level of precaution when it comes to their retirement, at least according to the latest Citibank research on retirement savings. The report, which looked at the retirement savings ...

ASIC says FSR refinements on track

ASIC has released a progress report on its eight refinements to the Financial Services Regulation, stating that it is on track to have all completed by the end of November 2005. ASIC lists a number of refinements it has released in the last three months ...

Australian Unity strong results drives push to demutualise

Australian Unity has increased its profits by 65 per cent posting an after tax profit of $13.4 million for the 2005 financial year with the Group's financial planning and funds management business also achieving strong results. Australian Unity managing ...

Equipsuper builds corporate super

In a bid to ramp up its success in the corporate superannuation market Equipsuper has appointed John Farrington to the newly created role of manager, client relations. Farrington's previous role was with Citigroup as head of retirement services where ...

Hedge Funds open to the retail market

In response to investor demand for hedge fund strategies Macquarie has opened its hedge fund strategies to retail investors through its Newton Specialist Funds (Macquarie Newton) vehicle. Macquarie Bank division director for its equity markets group ...

Perpetual buys remaining 50 per cent of PJF as new property team established

The former direct property team of Deutsche Bank have joined Perpetual to lead its new direct property business with the move leading Perpetual to acquire its remaining interest in Perpetual James Fielding (PJF). The remaining interest belonged to Perpetual's ...

PremiumChoice reaches a $500 million milestone

Investment platform PremiumChoice Portfolio Services (PremiumChoice) has secured over $500 million in funds under administration. The investment platform began in 2002 and now offers over 190 managed funds through its investment menu. PremiumChoice ...