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ACCC should regulate fund advertising: IFSA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2006
Regulation of super fund advertising should be taken away from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and handed to the competition regulator the Australian Consumer and Competition Commission (ACCC), said the Investment and Financial ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2006
... managers will be offered the stock at 0.3 per cent versus the 0.5 they were allowed when T2 was sold. A $20 million advertising campaign has begun to attract investors to the sale. As the local market gets flooded with money directed from compulsory ...

Fund advertising is essential: Retailers Assoc

... industry fund REST, has told the Senate Super Inquiry that post-choice super funds have no choice but to advertise. "Advertising is an essential part of attracting and retaining members - it can educate both current and prospective members about the ...

Five major banks spend six times more on ads than super sector

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2006
Bank spending on advertising for traditional, super and insurance products surged during the June 2006 quarter to its highest level in years, according to estimates compiled by AC Nielsen. The five largest banks spent an aggregate $45.5 million on print ...

Super communication to evolve with choice

... how we're all different but to the members, we still look the same," he said. He highlighted research that showed 'advertising' as the most effective way that members can differentiate one fund to the next. Low fees is another key differentiator but ...

AustralianSuper moniker confusion

... reject a company name upon registration, they would have to be completely identical. Nevertheless, he added if similar advertising and logos confused consumers and was seen to be done intentionally it could be dealt with by one of the parties under the ...

Sporting sponsorships do not breach sole purpose: Freehills

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2006
... "Sponsorship of sports teams is not really a sole purpose test issue, but trustees must be able to justify why the particular advertising was used." For example, she said, "if it is about growing membership and if the membership doesn't grow then the ...

Past performance is misleading advertising: ASIC

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2006
... Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has warned investment funds about using past performance as part of advertising or promotional material, singling out a recent advertising campaign by BT Financial Group. In issuing its warning ...

Westpac warned for misleading advertising

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2006
Westpac Banking Corporation has been rapped over the knuckles and will review its advertising after the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) deemed an advertising campaign misleading. The problem centres around an advertising campaign ...

Industry funds target top end with TV campaign part 2

KATE HAGE  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUL 2006
... Industry Super Funds have been forced to counter this confusion by launching another round of national television advertising to tell the true story," said Weaven. Once again, the campaign will use a "compare the pair" and odometer device to calculate ...