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IRESS seals $48m VisiPlan deal

Wealth management software provider IRESS is set to double its revenue base after announcing it will acquire listed group IWL's software arm VisiPlan for consideration of 5.95 million IRESS shares, around $48 million. Following the deal, IRESS will ...

IFSA toughens up conflicts and ethics standards

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2007
The Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) has released a revised code of ethics and conduct, with a strong focus on conflict of interest, transparency and training of staff. Conflict of interest guidelines in particular are spelled out ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2007
The Australian market is expected to open in the black, although Wall Street has not provided a strong lead, wobbling to a mixed finish on Friday as better-than-expected economic data was offset by worries that US trade sanctions slapped on China might ...

MLC and Aviva slash fees

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2007
MLC and Aviva have both introduced programs that allow customers to reduce administration fees by aggregating their accounts. MLC is also reducing administration fees by up to 10 per cent on its MasterKey Custom Superannuation and MasterKey Custom Investment ...

Big is better, but not best

A new study on economies of scale has found that members of mega funds receive better service and pay lower fees than small to mid-size super funds, but that doesn't necessarily spell the end of super funds with assets below the billion dollar mark. ...

Westscheme stays with TOWER for life

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2007
Industry fund Westscheme Superannuation Fund has reappointed TOWER Australia as the fund's group life insurance provider for its 178,000 member base. TOWER Australia has been Westscheme's insurance provider for nine years, and Jim Minto, TOWER Australia ...

ALP's broadband funding comes under fire

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2007
The Federal Labor Opposition has come under fire for its plan to build a high speed broadband fibre to the node (FTTN) network covering 98 per cent of the population, with the $4.7 billion dollar project to be bankrolled by the Future Fund's remaining ...

FinLit Foundation launches into workplaces

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2007
The Financial Literacy Foundation is emerging from behind the scenes and is launching a booklet to help financial literacy in the workplace, stepping up its efforts to work with the tertiary education sector and is even launching dramatic productions ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2007
The good work done by the Productivity Commission with another seminal report addressing the issue of Australia's capacity to improve and match the performance of the likes of the US has been released. The paper notes that while some European countries ...

Catholic Super consolidates online

Catholic Super has joined the ranks of internet-friendly super funds like max Super and Virgin Super by launching online facilities that allow their new members to consolidate multiple superannuation accounts through the comfort and convenience of their ...