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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 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2012
... $16.097 million. At 1204, Billabong's shares were up 86 cents, or 48 per cent, at $2.65. Struggling clothing maker Pacific Brands widened its first-half losses and predicted worse was to come in the second half. Its shares were one cent lower, or 1.52 ...

S&P Capital IQ closes local fund research, wealth services

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2012
... offerings around scalable business operations in all of our markets worldwide," said the company statement. The sister brands S&P Indices and Standard & Poor's Ratings Services would not be impacted by the announcement, according to the statement and ...

Shorten urges banks to stand by staff

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2012
... "removing duplication of roles behind the scenes in our head office areas, in our operational areas to support our multi-brands". Another batch of IT jobs have already been deployed offshore. Westpac said it hopes to redeploy up to one third of the 560 ...

Suncorp Life combines life risk, super and investments

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2012
... and channel/dealer support services, the company said. "Being part of the Suncorp Group allows us to leverage household brands like GIO, AAMI, and Apia, so we are committed to maximising that opportunity through direct sales," said Summerhayes. "The ...

In superannuation, bigger can be better but not always

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2011
... Criticising them for doing this is ludicrous, especially as it's an incredibly efficient way for funds to reinforce their brands amongst their membership," he said. The proviso is of course that funds must maintain their investment focus and keep ...

Snowball re-brands for future

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011
Merged independent financial advisory groups Snowball and Shadforth are now known as SFG Australia. The name change was approved by shareholders at the group's annual general meeting in Sydney yesterday, after being given the green light by the regulator. ...

Equip/Vision launch new brand

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2011
... biggest challenge at this time was maintaining a focus on service delivery to members and employers under the existing brands amid the enthusiasm and changes required to support the public launch of the new Vision brand. "But we will meet this challenge ...

Social media and the power of diversity

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2011
... business, speaking of her own encounters with Social Media Outbreaks (SMO) from challenging poor marketing of major global brands to being on the receiving end of online backlash. "These situations draw attention to what social media can do as opposed ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2011
... crew and engineers after talks on a new enterprise bargaining agreement could not produce a deal. Thorn Group, which owns brands such as Radio Rentals and Rentlo, said it expected a substantial increase in earnings in fiscal 2012 after reporting a 30 ...