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ESI Super targets younger members on advice

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2010
... its call centre to encourage younger members to seek advice. ESI currently boasts a tiered service arrangement for advice. Tier four represents a full planning suite, while the lowest tier represents less comprehensive services. Petrou said the fund ...

Data data everywhere

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2010
Mondayitis. This and the flood of first-tier economic data set to be released later in the week will keep the Australian financial markets well, a bit out of sorts today. Friday night's performance on Wall Street was not telling enough to sway Australian ...

Russell ups alternatives exposure

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2010
... high-yield and emerging markets debt exposure. Logan Circle Partners runs a high-yield debt mandate concentrating on the higher tier of sub-investment grade names, around the BB rating. Massachusetts-based DDJ Capital Management manages the lower tier ...

Brand survey highlights top banks

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2009
... resolution systems." CHOICE's bank satisfaction survey, conducted in September this year, found mutual society and second tier bank customers are more satisfied with the level of service from their financial institution than those of the big four.

Westpac Super improves insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2009
The $2.5 billion Westpac Staff Super has changed the way it calculates death and TPD cover - introducing a tiered structure to better meet members' lifecycle insurance needs. Westpac Staff Super, which had $2.46 billion at the end of June according ...

GuildSuper cuts fees, boosts insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2009
GuildSuper is introducing a tiered fee structure and lowering fees for members, while upgrading its death and TPD insurance. GuildSuper, which is owned by Guild Financial Services, has improved members' insurance cover by providing better levels of ...

Africa's PIC appoints Charles River

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2009
... continent. The firm's clients include pension, provident, social security or guardian funds. Charles River IMS features an N-Tier service oriented architecture (SOA) that supports continuous 24x7 operations. Message-based APIs and exposed Web Services ...

Zurich ramps up investment business

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2009
... including the Leadership Team. "I have a very clear mandate to take the Zurich investments business from probably what was a tier two player in the Australian wealth management industry to knocking on the door of becoming a tier one player," he said. ...

Child Care Super cuts fees, boost insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2009
Retail fund Australian Child Care Super Fund is introducing a new tiered fee structure to lower costs for members, and upgraded its insurance cover last month. ACCSF introduced the tiered fee structure on 1 October - a move that will see members pay ...

Industry funds not undermining confidence: ISN

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2009
... guidelines. Klipin said the AFA also works with ASIC but argued that limited advice in its current form introduces a two-tier playing field with regular advisers being bound by "60 page advice processes" while super funds are exempt. Whiteley said however ...