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Have coffee, will iShares

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2008
... display at Sydney Harbour. ING Direct, St George, Suncorp and Macquarie Bank also employ Eat Media for part of their advertising strategy. An ING Direct spokesperson said the firm uses a similar cafA(C) strategy overseas but not in Australia.

Disclose fees or pay $300,000 fine

... upfront to investors, under new rules that come into effect today. The same rules also apply to advisers' and brokers' advertising. "Anyone who gives investment advice to clients will have to provide more information up-front especially about how they ...

India's investment exuberance

ALEX DUNNIN IN MUMBAI REPORTING FROM THE INAUGURAL AUSTRALIA INDIA FINANCIAL FORUM  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2007
... financial hub, said Warren Gibson, national marketing and sales manager at Praemium Portfolio Services, is the amount of advertising billboards for financial products. "I've never seen so many. They are advertising mutual funds, portfolio planning, term ...

ASIC releases guide for unlisted debentures

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2007
... benchmarks, the inclusion of these benchmarks in sellers' disclosures on an 'if not, why not' basis, ensuring their advertising is consistent with the disclosures and additional education to assist investors and potential investors in the unlisted debentures ...

Mercer opens new TAP

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2007
... with social security, insurance, estate planning and superannuation, and despite the Federal Government's extensive advertising, many had not grasped the full extent of the Better Super changes. "In March 2007, Mercer conducted a survey on Better Super ...

Fees drive super switchers

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2007
... shop around and half of those people said they didn't need to. When it came to getting people through the door, TV advertising proved the least effective trigger, with only 25 per cent switching due to a commercial and less than five per cent listing ...

Industry fund ads off target?

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2007
... some industry funds' web presence could do with improvement. "It is true to say one underutilised element of that [advertising presence] is online marketing and websites generally need to be continually reviewed and upgraded." Melissa Birks, national ...

Explorer turns new leaf with Ascalon

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2007
... alternative shareholder and support on the board." He said in the two weeks since Ascalon's acquisition, following some advertising, Explorer had received calls offering to transfer close to $1 billion in assets - an impressive leap from the $200 million ...

Compare the pair campaign is back

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2007
Consumers can expect a renewed round of industry fund television advertising based on the now firmly established 'Compare the pair' theme. The campaign follows release of several 2006-07 performance surveys that show the normal-1-2 per cent advantage ...

Dazza is a dud: FPA survey

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2007
... with consumers, almost two-thirds of Financial Planning Association (FPA) members believe the Value of Advice 'Dazza' advertising campaign has been a flop. First aired on national TV in October 2005, and backed up by a print and website campaign, the ...