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Cbus hires Frontier and AustralianSuper execs

MEDIA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2010
The $15 billion Cbus has made three senior appointments, including former Frontier investment consultant Tim Ridley as investment strategy manager, and former AustralianSuper executive David Constable as marketing manager. Ridley will join Cbus in late ...

HOSTPLUS unveils new TV ads

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 OCT 2010
... specialise, across hospitality, tourism and sport. "It's a campaign that focuses on retention of the almost one million Australians who are already with HOSTPLUS, and literally asks those members to 'choose HOSTPLUS' whenever they change jobs," he sa ...

Fox elected AFA president

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 OCT 2010
... it's us versus someone else; the battle is with ourselves. The battle is to grow, to drive forward and to find more Australians to want our help because they should be getting it - they're the battles." The association now has 1,900 individually signed-up ...

Punting on next week

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 OCT 2010
... Bank of Australia would raise the official cash rate next week on Melbourne Cup Day. This should give punt loving Australians enough to bet on next week - the Fed's QE2, the RBA and the horses. Consensus is for a headline inflation growth of 0.8 per ...

Top fund CEOs join climate change panel

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2010
Nine chief executives from some of Australia's biggest super funds and investment managers have formed a panel to ramp up talks on climate change policy, including the design of a carbon price in Australia. The panel includes Ian Silk, of AustralianSuper ...

Australians willing to pay just $300 for advice

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2010
... figure planners are calling "completely unrealistic". New research from Investment Trends' Planner Business Report show Australians are willing to fork out $300 on average for advice, and $300 for subsequent visits, based on a study of 1,100 investors ...

Full steam ahead for MySuper

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2010
Superannuation minister Bill Shorten has cited Australians' concerns that super is too complex as a key reason why MySuper will be implemented as planned. Minister Shorten quoted research from Colmar Brunton that showed consumers generally find information ...

Cashed up AustralianSuper ready to pounce

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2010
The $33 billion AustralianSuper is considering reducing its 6 per cent cash holdings and allocating more into global equities, unlisted infrastructure and other asset classes by the end of the year. Bernie Fraser, independent director and AustralianSuper ...

Planners urged to address ethics

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2010
... advice relationship - but planners need to ask themselves why they rank so low on the ethics and honesty scale among Australians who don't seek advice, said the AFA. Jim Taggart, national president of the Association of Financial Advisers, quotes the ...

Advisers in clean bill of health

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2010
... requirements of fruit and vegetables with most citing busy schedules as their main barrier. "While we believe all Australians need to take this issue seriously, we recognise that we have to get the message out to the advisers who sell life insurance ...