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Changes to sales team as Skandia shifts focus

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 14 AUG 2006
... experience gained here and in the UK, including the last five years spent as a NSW and Victorian state manager for Skandia. Alex Zaika, currently a NSW senior business development manager, will be promoted to fill Morris' former position. Laidlaw said ...

Sporting sponsorships do not breach sole purpose: Freehills

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2006
Super funds sponsoring sporting teams is more a question about how trustees manage their fund rather than being about the sole purpose test. Peggy Haines, partner with leading legal firm Freehills, speaking at the annual Fund Executives Association ...

Budget super consultations attract 3,500 submissions

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2006
The consultation period on the government's plan to simplify superannuation has closed, attracting an unprecedented 3,500 submissions. A statement issued by Treasurer Peter Costello's office said, "There has been strong interest and support for the ...

Design menus to encourage proper choices: MLC

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2006
Consumers thrive on having choice, but the way this plays out when choosing investments can be self-destructive if the choice arrangements are poorly designed. Gareth Abley, senior asset consultant, and Leon Tisdell, asset consultant, both with MLC ...

CFDs account for 35 per cent of UK trades: GreensCFD

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2006
New contracts for difference (CFD) operator GreensCFD is the latest player to step into a booming market for these ultra-flexible investment instruments. Launching in Australia just recently, GreenCFD is part of the IFX Markets group that operates in ...

Demand absorbs 9 per cent increase in office supply: PCA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2006
Tenant demand for commercial office property is driving down vacancy rates despite increasing supply in the property market. According to the latest Office Market Report from the Property Council of Australia, over the last six months vacancy levels ...

China miracle more political than economic: Fidelity Summit

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2006
The China boom story is more a political miracle than an economic evolution, and that makes it even riskier than first imagined. The question of China was posed by Mercer's Tony Cole at the Fidelity Australian Equities Summit. The world has never seen ...

Chalk up number 7 for Bravura in the UK

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2006
Bravura Solutions has just won its seventh UK client for their Talisman administration software. Cardif Pinnacle, part of BNP Paribas, is one of the UK's top providers of creditor, warranty and investment products and have just agreed to license Bravura's ...

Interest rate rise bad news for super contrib increase proposals

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2006
So much for the campaign to boost national savings, as interest rates rise, inflation jumps, petrol price rises and surging cost of bananas push most middle-income consumers backwards. Analysis just released by financial information provider Infochoice.com.au ...

FinLit website goes live

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2006
The Financial Literacy Foundation has finally launched its long awaited UnderstandingMoney website. UnderstandingMoney.gov.au is the public face of the Financial Literacy campaign that has transfixed the financial services, and in particular superannuation ...