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Super merger prompted by industry transition

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2011
CareSuper and Asset Super may merge later this year to create a 285,000 strong membership base with over $6 billion in FUM, with Care CEO Julie Lander to take the reins. The funds are in discussion about a possible merger, prompted by external industry ...

FOFA levels playing field: ANZ Wealth

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2011
The FOFA best interest duty proposals will level the playing field with advisers free to compete with super funds for intrafund advice clients, according to Paul Barrett, general manager advice and distribution, ANZ Wealth. The best interest test, as ...

REITS, cash, equities the safe bet

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011
Australian REITS, cash products and equities have all been picked as the safest investment choices for advisers at the Midwinter Adviser Roadshow in Sydney this morning. Daniel Needham, managing director for Ibbotson Associates, told 380 delegates that ...

ANZ Wealth: phone-based advisers to help with opt-in

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2011
ANZ Wealth is rolling out phone-based advisers who will contact clients on behalf of advisers to assist in opt-in requirements and scalable advice pressures, with plans to raise planner numbers significantly. ANZ Wealth, which has the third largest ...

Manufacturing's Gerry Harvey moment

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011
Manufacturing has just had it's Gerry Harvey moment and no amount of pro-protectionist inquiries is going to help it wind back the clock to the lazy Australian economic daze of the 1950s. In January famed business entrepreneur Gerry Harvey fronted a ...

Count Financial profit surges on windfall float

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2011
Financial planning group Count Financial reported a profit surge of $51.56 million, a 113% increase on the previous corresponding period, in its annual results today. The announcement was expected after the firm issued earnings guidance earlier this ...

New software can make financial advice hub for super fund administrators

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2011
Technology provider Decimal has created a new version of its online system to allow superannuation fund administrators to have a centralised financial advice hub that can be used by its multiple client super funds. Jan Kolbusz, managing director of ...

Fed policy options galore

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2011
Ok folks, just a few more sleepless nights then perhaps we can all rest easy and enjoy the next ride up in the equity markets. Big Benny is due to speak at Jackson Hole in front of other central bankers on the 26th - yup, that's three days from now. ...

Customisable, original, scalable, networked: the next advice paradigm

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011
The next wave of advisory firms will be provide clients with customisable advice that is original, scalable and network connected, say US advice industry researchers. In their paper, The Consumer Revolution - Surviving and Thriving in a Time of Tectonic ...

...AMP planner numbers on the increase

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2011
Despite industry talk that advisers were deserting, AMP Financial Planning adviser numbers are stronger than ever, while the majority of AXA advisers have pledged commitment to the brand. The numbers, as part of the half yearly results announced this ...