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Market woes cause adviser headache

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2011
Funeral provider Invocare could provide a good non-cyclical stock to hold in a falling market, a CMC Markets analyst has said, while financial advisers faced with worried clients have been told to get back to basics. Australian stocks have been in rapid ...

New ESG guidelines to aid super investors

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2011
... chief executive officer of ACSI, 15% of ASX 200 companies currently report no ESG risk, while 53%'s reporting is rated as 'basic', which often constitutes occupational health and safety risk only. Construction, energy and manufacturing sectors are currently ...

Intrafund advice a sticking point for Stronger Super group

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2011
... services they are not receiving, the source said. Also at stake was the issue of whether all funds would have to provide basic financial advice for members, the source said. David Whiteley, Industry Super Fund Network chief executive, said while he could ...

Super Choice did not change super habits

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2011
... hidden fees and commissions," she said. Reynolds stressed that most people wanted to be in a balanced fund that was fairly basic without whistles and bells that people pay for but don't use.

Zurich launches program to match demographic trends

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011
Zurich has kick-started the new financial year, releasing a fully formed insurance offering designed for greater client retention and hybrid policy cover, with plans for new applications within weeks. Assessing its policyholder trends, Zurich found ...

Omnium updates life quotes web tool

LOREN RUGEBREGT  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011
... Chandrahasan, Omnium's national sales manager said clients can use the tool to view all different types of insurance including the basic insurance, trauma, total and permanent disability (TPD), income profit insurance and business expenses. "A lot of ...

AustralianSuper creates governance role

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2011
... investment portfolios. In the last three months, the fund has shifted its parameters and expanded the organisation beyond a basic super fund. The fund has introduced new heads of infrastructure, governance and government relations while forming unprecedented ...

Sevior departure rated as permanent

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2011
Morningstar has downgraded Perpetual's Concentrated Equity fund to 'Investment Grade' after meeting with the mega-fund manager but not convinced that its star player, John Sevior, will return from long service leave. In a meeting last week with Perpetual ...

Advisers to decide opt in: AusFIN

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2011
Strong protests against opt in has opened the door for discussions on how advisers can avoid it through their own actions, said network of consumer, welfare, union and industry super fund groups, AusFIN. Since the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) proposals ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2011
... after saying Telecom will in future be able to offer all Sky products and services to its customers, rather than just the basic package. Hallenstein Glasson fell 22c to 393 after the company reported disappointing sales, blaming exceptionally mild weather ...