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Annuities help combat longevity risk: Cooper

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2011
... people's consciousness, they are simple to use and for the customer to understand. They have been modernised to [suit] any platform and to sit inside allocated pensions," said Cooper. In the year to June 2010, Challenger wrote $2.2 billion in annuity ...

Let the games begin

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2011
... entry. By the third quarter of this year, Chi-X can start operating subject to meeting preconditions and subject to their platform connecting successfully, through testing, with all relevant participants, CHESS, data vendors, ASX and ASIC. In response ...

Centric Wealth reframes advice

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2011
Financial advisory firm Centric Wealth sets new benchmarks in its profession through a new platform that combines a 'real world' approach to risk management with best-practice investing and advice-focused technology. The firm has launched a new investment ...

BT Wrap lends more aid to dealer groups

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 28 FEB 2011
Fund platform BT Wrap has upgraded its reporting tool to enhance the ability of its dealer groups to watch over 5000 advisers. The technological tweaks, which went live on February 21, enhance the Dealer Group DeskTop porfolio model launched last year. ...

Dealer groups raise stakes in portfolio mgmt

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2011
... Connie McKeage, chief executive of OneVue, who said FoFA reforms put the client first before the product provider or platform. "It should have been that way from the start." She said the challenge now is for industry players to embrace FOFA changes or ...

IOOF profits surge 22 pc

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2011
IOOF Holdings has announced a stellar half-yearly net profit result, rising 21.68 per cent or $8.36 million to $46.92 million for the six months to December. The company's underlying NPAT, which takes into account accounting adjustments, rose 16 per ...

Deutsche bourse and NYSE to merge

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2011

BlackRock iShares breaks $1bn barrier

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2011
BlackRock has announced that its exchange traded fund business, iShares, has reached $1 billion assets under management. IShares claims to be the world's leading provider of ETFs after launching its first suite of international ETFs in Australia in ...

Countplus float buoys half-year profits

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2011
Financial planning group Count Financial has more than doubled its net profit for the half-year to December thanks to the recent float of Countplus, it announced today. Count Financial's net profit after tax (NPAT) grew by 212 per cent on the previous ...

Bloomberg opens doors to Islamic finance

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2011
Bloomberg is increasing its commitment to the Islamic finance market with the launch of a tailored investing platform and a Malaysian benchmark index, answering calls for more sophistication in the market. The Bloomberg Islamic Finance Platform (ISLM) ...