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Damned if you do

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2009
... Like bragging that you have a million in your bank account while watching your family starve to death. Speaking of bank accounts, Westpac, ANZ, NAB and CBA's decision to pass on the RBA's 100 basis point interest rate cut to mortgage holders is welcome ...

UK govt to introduce personal accounts scheme

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2009
... London-based Datamonitor is urging pension providers to talk to existing clients about the impact of the impending Personal Accounts legislation. The Personal Accounts scheme, which the UK government is implementing to encourage more public saving, received ...

Superpartners opens voice portal

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2009
... April 2009. Superpartners is the largest superannuation administrator in Australia, administering over six million member accounts. Superpartners' 250 on-phone contact centre agents field around 2.5 million member calls enquiries per year on behalf of ...

Darkest before dawn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2009
... quarter-on-quarter fall since the first quarter of 1982 when the economy plunged by 6.4 per cent. The details of the US National Accounts showed that nearly all sectors of the economy have contracted. The one piece of positive news, I'm sure you've all ...

Aviva SMA gets adviser tick

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2009
Aviva is going to crack the separately managed accounts market in mid-2009 with a product solution tailored to easily fit into an adviser's portfolio. According to Aviva spokesman Tim Cobb, the group is currently at the end of the IT build of its SMA ...

Snowball buys FP and super businesses

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2009
... Melbourne. "Money mentors completes our presence on the east coast and provides servicing capability for Outlook's key accounts in Brisbane," he said. The deal was completed using the group's banking facility and is expected to add more than $400,000 ...

Cognacs and chocolates

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2009
... investors in tightening their belts - many of which have now also become NINJAs. The sad fact is that US consumer spending accounts for around 70 per cent of the economy. This means that where the US consumer goes, there goes the US economy. And where ...

AMP forays into SMAs

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2009
One of the country's largest financial planning groups, AMP, has launched its own separately managed accounts product following advisor feedback. Paul Sainsbury, AMP product manufacturing director, said the launch of the product, the AMP Personalised ...

Indigenous Australians get fin lit boost

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2008
... programs and future directions," said Senator Sherry. Currently up to 45,322 residents of Cairns have lost superannuation accounts - totaling $75.2 million in lost money. "One option to reunite Australian with their lost super accounts is to use tax ...

Filled half-empty glass

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2008
... glass half-full? Or is it half-empty? Gauging from the headlines that followed the release of the Australian National Accounts, the domestic economy's glass is half-empty. Most are now projecting growth to slow further in the coming quarters on the way ...