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Groups must earn planner loyalty: brandmanagement

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2006
If dealer groups thought winning business from investors was hard, it can be almost as tough winning support just from your own planners. Financial services market intelligence and research consultancy brandmanagement said groups have to work hard to ...

Investors don't use timeframes when choosing options: FuturePlus

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2006
FuturePlus has just released the results of a study of more than 4,000 investment decisions made by its super fund members which confirms we need to do more to educate investors about making the right investment decisions. The research also analysed ...

Pentafin goes West

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2006
Financial services software specialist Pentafin has entered into a deal with Andrew West Stockbroking (AWS) to provide direct investment execution, settlement and information services to Pentafin's WealthVue system. The deal works two ways, with AWS ...

Cutting super benefit taxes affordable: IAA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2006
Despite complaints from some industry experts that the Budget tax reforms were unaffordable, the Institute of Actuaries of Australia (IAA) has released research arguing the proposals will have only a minimal impact on government revenues. "The apparent ...

SimCorp starting to make its mark downunder

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2006
SimCorp is beginning to make its mark in Australia and around the Asia-Pacific with recent wins in Macquarie and Deutsche bank, knocking over industry heavyweight DSTi's Hi-Port. The latest big mandate win came just a few weeks ago when Deutsche Bank ...

Govt supervisory levy revenue to jump 3 per cent

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUL 2006
The government has announced the new supervisory levy rates that will apply to entities that wish to operate under APRA and ASIC jurisdiction. The rates will be similar to those that applied last year, said Minister for Revenue and Assistant Treasurer ...

Little Black Book now available on FinancialStandard.com.au

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUL 2006
Responding to demand from planners, super funds, employers and consumers for more help finding product and service providers from across the marketplace, Financial Standard has today launched its Little Black Book online. "The LBB is a free-to-air directory ...

One-third of US investors do not read their prospectus: ICI

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2006
Research just released by the US-based Investment Companies Institute (ICI) reveals that investors in the US and Australia seem to be struggling with the same information frustrations. The findings from the research, conducted in February 2006 from ...

How Good does it get for Superpartners?

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2006
Australia's largest superannuation administrator Superpartners has appointed a new executive manager, corporate and insurance services. Robert Good joins the fund administrator after previously being the national manager of business superannuation at ...

Depreciation changes boost property investment

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2006
One of the hidden surprises in the recent Federal Budget was changes to property investment depreciation rules. According to Property Investment latest market update, "The proposal was to increase the Diminishing Value rate for depreciation on items ...