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Media Super wants corporate marriage

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2011
Industry fund Media Super is dressing up to be the belle of the merger ball and is looking to attract corporate funds, casting its eyes towards Fairfax. Ross Martin, chief executive of Media Super, today said that his fund had added new functional capabilities ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2011
The Australian stock market has received a mostly positive set of leads from offshore, with Wall Street closing higher and oil prices settling firmer. But metals prices ended weaker. At 0733 AEST on the ASX 24, the June share price index futures contract ...

MDAs to expand SMSF footprint

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2011
... (IAS) has reported a surge in interest from adviser dealer groups over the last two years - particularly from those that cater for SMSFs. IAS enables advisers to manage their own portfolios or to mandate to their choice of professional managers across ...

Gen Yers turn to social media for financial advice

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
... be the Baby Boomers and Gen Y that will present the biggest shift for advisers and that these are markets advisers must cater for if they are to maintain a high quality of advice. "This will be a big opportunity for financial planners... we are not just ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2011
The Australian market has received strong, positive leads from offshore trading overnight, with key indices on Wall Street and in Europe clearly higher. Oil and precious metals fell, as investors turned away from their search for safe havens. On the ...

More tailored advice for baby boomers: Salt

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2011
... people are simply reducing their work hours but not actually retiring until well past 65, something planners must begin to cater for. "It's a bit of this, a bit of that. It is simply a better business model from the 20th century notion that you work ...

Self-directed investors challenge industry giants

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 14 FEB 2011
... reforms are set to be confronted by even bigger challenges - this time from a new breed of product providers built solely to cater for self-directed investors. Up until a few decades ago, the business template in the financial services industry has been ...

IRESS to launch iPad-friendly XPLAN

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2011
IRESS Market Technology plans to launch new iPad-based adviser tools that will allow advisers to operate solely on their iPad. "We've got new tools coming out specifically designed to allow the advisers to interact with the client on an iPad and face-to-face," ...

More choice for Westpac Online investors

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2010
... equities. Westpac Online Investing has over 250,000 customers and underwent a series of upgrades and new product launches to cater for online interest in international trading and investing. These included a managed funds supermarket, international shares ...

Insurers slow to custom fit products: research

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2010
... executives at insurers from 24 countries - and found that insurers still had a fair way to catch up before saying they can fully cater to clients' needs. In tailored products, almost 90 per cent of insurers recognise that customisation is critical to ...