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NZ Super takes stand on nuclear weapons

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2013
... Anne-Maree O'Connor said the fund's view was that the nuclear base operators were now involved in the modification and upgrade of nuclear explosive devices. "This warrants exclusion under the Fund's Responsible Investment Policy," she said. The Fund ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2013
The Australian share market is set to open lower on Tuesday after a lacklustre session on Wall Street. At 0753 AEST on Tuesday, the June share price index futures contract was down 17 points at 4,780. In local economic news, the Australian Bureau of ...

Deposits from adviser market boost ME Bank deposits

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2013
Deposits from the adviser market have contributed to significant growth in customer deposits with ME Bank. The bank has tripled its deposit book to about $7 billion over the last three years to April 2013. ME Bank general manager network sales and relationships ...

BT upgrades Asgard and BT Wrap ahead of FoFA

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2013
BT Financial Group has updated its Wrap Desktop and AdviserNET to assist advisers prepare for their Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) obligations. "Advisers now have administrative support for most of their obligations around fee disclosure statements ...

Breaking the bad in the eurozone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2013
... high of 48.60% two months and a year before. Not only that, the country that started it all has just recently earned an upgrade on its credit rating - to B- from CCC -- from Fitch because of the "clear progress" Greece has made in rebalancing its economy ...

Financial markets give the budget a big yawn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2013
... Spain's 12-month borrowing costs hitting 3-year lows at last night's auction and...wait for it, Fitch upgrading (yes, upgrade) Greece's sovereign debt rating to B- from CCC. But back to the budget and financial markets. Australian bonds didn't show much ...

CFS upgrades FirstChoice and FirstWrap platforms

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2013
Colonial First State (CFS) has announced a range of enhancements to its FirstChoice and FirstWrap platforms to improve adviser efficiency and expand its offering to clients. A new online dashboard for FirstWrap will offer greater visibility of client ...

CommInsure improves coverage for RBF members

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2013
... protection products for members of RBF's defined contribution scheme, the RBF Tasmanian Accumulation Scheme. The product upgrade provides greater choice to members and will assist in ensuring adequate levels of insurance within superannuation accounts ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2013
The Australian market has opened lower as lacklustre Chinese manufacturing data impacts mining stocks. IG market strategist Evan Lucas said the local market was being dragged down by the resources sector as commodity prices drop after disappointing ...

Industry under-prepared for SuperStream: Bravura

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2013
The financial services industry's back-office technology systems are woefully under-prepared for the government's SuperStream reforms, according to Bravura global head of investment product Darren Stevens. Part of the reason, he said, is that most institutions ...