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CommInsure in $1.2b insurance bonanza

Commonwealth Bank-owned insurance giant CommInsure will reward around 40,000 of its clients with $1.2 billion in extra life insurance cover under a new loyalty bonus scheme. The Loyalty Bonus Benefit scheme is for customers who have maintained their ...

ASFA awards Who's Who

ARIA, Sunsuper and Plum Financial were among the winners at this year's ASFA Communications Awards held in Melbourne last night. The ASFA (Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia) Communications Awards was designed to help raise the overall ...

Stop chasing artificial yields: PIR

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2007
Investors with high allocations to property should review their portfolios after a leading property research expert said that the sector's blanket out-performance won't last. PIR managing director Richard Cruikshank said that low property yields over ...

Service not fees drive consumers

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2007
Financial services operators talk obsessively about fees but what really upsets consumers is poor service. A landmark study, by the communications technology and consulting group Fujitsu, has revealed 80 per cent of banking customers take the way they ...

AFS launches business school

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2007
The Australian Financial Planners Services Group (AFS) has announced plans to open a business school allowing financial planners to grow their skills in running their operations. Beginning in October, the school will offer no financial planning strategy ...

Ethical by name and nature

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2007
Ethical fund managers Hunter Hall and the Australian Ethical Investment have responded to the CHOICE report that warned investors about funds that specialise in responsible investments. The CHOICE report urged investors to read the 'small print' when ...

ANZ eyes ING and maybe AMP

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2007
ANZ has signalled a desire to the Dutch-owned ING Group to move to outright ownership of the ING Australia joint venture, the Herald Sun reported on Saturday. ING, however, has refused to enter negotiations. A fresh attempt by ANZ is likely to close ...

MLC launches adviser MAs

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2007
MLC's MasterKey Custom has boosted its direct equities capability and tax reporting functionality with the launch of its Adviser Managed Accounts service, which it said is the next step in the evolution of the managed accounts market.. The new features ...

City Super beefs up insurance and Aus equities

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2007
Brisbane-based superannuation fund City Super has launched a new insurance offering through ING Group Risk and has recently awarded more than $140 million in Australian equities mandates. The fund's new risk option will include higher levels of cover ...

ABN AMRO gives investors new Elixir

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2007
ABN AMRO has released its new Elixir II structured product, offering retail investors access to overweight portfolios of various global asset classes, enhanced participation returns and a 100 per cent capital guarantee. Designed to meet demands from ...