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BankWest moves up the rankings

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2006
BankWest will end 2006 as the seventh largest retail deposits bank in the country overtaking Suncorp, according to Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) figures. David Rose, head of marketing and products, said the jump up the ladder, the ...

HESTA cranks up insurance for members

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2006
... arranging insurance as easy as possible, and super funds were well placed to facilitate this. "It's vital for organisations like ours to present competitive and straightforward options to help members get their finances in order. "So many of us will ...

ANZ gets into the sustainable investment game

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2006
ANZ has launched its first sustainable investment product, the ANZ Sustainable Protected Responsible Investment over Term (ASPRIT), designed to give wholesale investors access to leading sustainably operated companies. ASPRIT is a six year investment ...

China growth an uneven story: Keating

Former Prime Minister Paul Keating told SIBOS attendees yesterday that China is a "very mixed place in terms of prosperity and opportunity" and dispelled some easy truths about doing business in a region going through an unprecedented growth spurt. ...

InvestAhead to merge into Centric Wealth

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2006
... said included a number of leading law and accounting firms on its client lists. "It's a close fit with their client base and ours, but moreover it comes down to a strong cultural fit between the businesses," said Pillemer. "Independence was another reason ...

Men are better savers than women: Citibank

... other assets. "There is a lot of industry, Government and academic research around the need to save for retirement, including ours, but the message just does not get through. It's a bit like health warnings on cigarettes - 'this stuff will kill you' ...

Grange appoints director to grow FUM

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2006
Grange Securities is looking to muscle up its funds under management with the appointment of a new director, funds origination. Bjorn Ziharsky has been appointed and charged with developing new funds management opportunities for Grange. Grange managing ...

AMP FP patches up the cracks

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2006
AMP Financial Planning (AMP FP) has been in the headlines for all the wrong reasons of late, but behind the hype they have been toiling in earnest to make their business regulator-safe while remaining adamant that the quality of AMP planner advice is ...

Future Fund keeps capital deployment close to its chest

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2006
Trade with China and commodities are still the mainstays of the Australian economy, said Future Fund chairman, David Murray, at a Fidelity Investments forum yesterday, while speculating that it could be a year or more before Future Fund capital is deployed. ...

Financial Synergy to underpin max Super

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2006
New breed superannuation direct marketing fund max Super has signed a deal appointing Financial Synergy, provider of Acurity software, to provide software and administration services. Financial Synergy is an Australian owned software platform provider ...