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RecruitmentSuper offers health benefits

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2006
In a bid to differentiate itself, RecruitmentSuper has introduced a new member benefits program which offers fund members MBF private health insurance. As part of the arrangement, MBF will waive waiting periods for new RecruitmentSuper members who sign ...

St.George buys HSBC's margin lending

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2006
St.George Bank yesterday acquired the margin lending business of HSBC Bank Australia. HSBC margin loan clients will become St.George customers effective immediately and the total transition is expected to be completed by mid-September. The HSBC margin ...

Options broker guilty of large scale forgery

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2006
A former Bell Potter Securities options adviser and stockbroker has entered a guilty plea to 27 charges of forgery. South Australian resident Neville Kakoschke entered a guilty plea to the 27 forgery charges brought by the Australian Securities and ...

Emerging markets exodus continues

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 7 AUG 2006
The emerging markets sell-off has continued, with BRIC countries in particular experiencing the greatest exodus. Net outflows for Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC) funds totalled $5.29 billion, but Korea was hit hardest individually with $4.69 ...

SAM picks up a Mercer principal

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 7 AUG 2006
Simon Romijn has left Mercer Investment Consulting to take up a role with the Sustainable Asset Management Group (SAM). Romijn will join SAM as a business development manager responsible for SAM's existing Australian and New Zealand clients as well ...

ASIC issues disclosure guidelines for super trustees

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2006
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has issued a new policy detailing guidelines for superannuation trustees regarding the delivery of product disclosure information about investment strategies to members. Policy Statement 184 ...

Schroders open for business in Victoria

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2006
Schroder Investment Management Australia has opened its new Melbourne office and appointed a business development manager to drive growth. David Hallifax will take responsibility for business development in Victoria and Tasmania, having previously held ...

GIO Insurance directors hit with heavy penalties

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2006
Three former directors of GIO Insurance were disqualified and dealt hefty fines by the NSW Supreme Court after an Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) investigation into their dishonest and improper conduct. Geoffrey Vines, Francis ...

CommInsure rolls out sweeping upgrades - free of charge

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2006
CommInsure yesterday set about breaking away from its peers with significant - and free - product upgrades, citing a commitment to further strategic change. Introducing the "Perfect Mix" round of upgrades to a room of financial advisers, Jeffrey Scott ...

Costs of multiple super too hard to address: max Super

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2006
Confirming the worst, research by max Super has revealed that over one-third of Australians have multiple super accounts which could see them missing out on $60,000 in retirement. The recent max Super survey found that more than 38 per cent of Australians ...