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AMP SMSF completes leadership team

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2012
... team is SuperIQ Chief Financial Officer Peter Lalor. Clarke's role will be managing the portfolio of SMSF administration brands, including working with AMP Financial Services and AMP Capital to design and deliver products tailored for the SMSF niche. ...

BRICs plus four will drive world investment returns

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2012
... directly exposed through local companies listed on local exchanges, she said. Koch acknowledged investing in ubiquitous global brands can be a surrogate, but said it misses the core point that what is driving these economies is development of their mass ...

SPAA brands SuperStream costs illogical

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012
The Self Managed Super Funds Professional Association of Australia (SPAA) has dismissed calls by the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) for self managed super fund members to make significant contributions towards the SuperStream ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2012
... cent, to 1,314.88. The tech-rich Nasdaq Composite slipped 24.46 points, or 0.86 per cent, to 2,818.61. A range of popular brands took hits, with Starbucks dropping 3.5 per cent and Nike 5.0 per cent. LONDON - Most of Europe's markets were down on concern ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2012
... cent, the S&P500 index backpedalled 1.11 per cent and the NASDAQ slipped 1.06 per cent. Making news on Tuesday, Pacific Brands said it did not expect to receive a definitive takeover proposal in the near term and reaffirmed earnings guidance. The stock ...

Rainmaker releases 2012 platform report

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2012
... dominance, they are navigating around the control exerted by platform providers by establishing their own multi-manager brands. "This multi-layered structure implies that before investment managers pursue professional relationships in the platform sector ...

Major product changes ahead for planners

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2012
... of anti-consolidation planning practices, run by principles that were not interested in consolidating with bank-aligned brands. "All the major players are in same boat, we have built our business on the open market and that market is now closing [due ...

Disclosure requirements under industry scrutiny

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2012
... directors must not hold multiple and competing super fund board positions only extends to competing funds, and not multiple brands within one brand. The council said a director can be a director across multiple funds within a single brand, for example ...

New St George and Westpac New Zealand CEOs appointed

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2012
... developing high performing teams and deep customer relationships will be a great asset to the St George Banking Group and its brands, employees and customers," said Gail Kelly, head of Westpac. Meanwhile Peter Clare, previously group executive, product ...

Russell Investments opts out of S&P

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2012
... This month S&P Capital IQ announced its intention to focus on institutional clients from later this year, but its sister brands, including S&P Indices and Standard & Poor's ratings services, would not be affected. "This decision is based on our desire ...