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ANZ appoints ex-MLC as FP chief

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2007
ANZ has appointed Alan Logan to general manager of financial planning, ending its search after Mike Goodall's departure three months ago. The financial planning division has increased its planner numbers by 30 per cent in two years and has more than ...

Legalsuper recovers a million in super

... he said, despite the million-dollar TV campaign showing people how to track their super themselves. The super fund's proactive stance has reaped rewards with some fund members getting cheque in the mail of lost super amounting to thousands of dollars ...

GESB trebles co-contributions after campaign

WA-based super fund GESB struck a winning formula after its 'Feed Your Super' campaign attracted three times more member co-contributions than it expected. The campaign is a fairly straightforward strategy where members are sent emails and snail mail ...

Australian economy to lose shine in 2025

... when the country's peak business body, the Business Council of Australia, is calling on the government to adopt a more proactive policy approach in exporting services. According to the BCA's discussion paper titled 'Underserviced: Why Australia's Services ...

Investa property funds get SRI tick

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2007
Investa Funds Management's (IFM) Diversified Office Fund and Commercial Property Fund are Australia's first property funds to receive the Ethical Investment Association's Sustainable Responsible Investment (SRI) certificate. The funds received the certification ...

BT beats Vanguard on tax: Aviva

BT Financial has pipped Vanguard to take the number one spot as the most tax-effective Australian equities fund, according to new research from platform group Aviva. This is the second year that Aviva has conducted the research analysing the tax-effectiveness ...

Symantec survey finds IT perception gap

... number are investing time and money to avoid such a scenario. "Organisations are beginning to see the value in taking a proactive, rather than reactive, approach to their IT risk management strategy," said Jon Oltsik, senior analyst at Enterprise Strategy ...

Pengana to ride the UK REIT wave

Fund manager Pengana Capital has timed the expansion of its London base to coincide with the opening of the real estate investment trust (REIT) market in the UK and the rest of Western Europe. Pengana's UK based director, Stuart Stuckey, hired two European ...

ANZ to offer Over Fifty Group reverse mortgages

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 19 DEC 2006
... strongly encouraging all seniors to take financial planning advice, as we do, so absolutely get the FPA on board in a more proactive manner. Again, it's not only a very good signal to the market but also shows that that's what their client base, being ...

MIAA set for a new name

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2006
... as well," Naylor said. "I guess what we're trying to do is reflect what's going on in the industry and also be a bit proactive in terms of where the industry is going. We're certainly seeing a lot of financial planners moving into mortgage broking or ...