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Clear as crystal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2013
It doesn't get any clearer than this! It's crystal! No more communications breakdown. No more failure to communicate. Big Ben Bernanke has delivered! While it's mostly a reiteration of the repeated message I've been telling you he's been telling us ...

Former First State Super director joins ACCC

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2013
... her new role in May 2013 and has been appointed for a five year term. She is responsible for chairing the ACCC's communications committee and is also a member of the ACCC's regulated access, pricing and monitoring committee. At the same time she is the ...

ASIC to focus on analyst briefings

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Committee (ASIC) will be focusing on communications between the companies and the investment analysts that cover their stock as part of a surveillance program. ASIC will be working to raise awareness of the ...

Banks missing super cross-selling opportunities

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013
... hold it with a government fund, and approximately 8% are with the AMP Group. Norman Morris, Roy Morgan industry communications director said, "To date, the major banks have been largely unsuccessful at gaining the superannuation business of their customers ...

CBA grows advice research team with new hire

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2013
... approved product lists, the creation and management of portfolio construction solutions and producing research related communications and presentations. Prior to joining CBA, Aggarwal has held paraplanner roles, most recently at Count Financial and also ...

NZ Super takes stand on nuclear weapons

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2013
... Lockheed Martin. The Fund also confirmed that four companies that it had previously excluded; General Dynamics, L-3 Communications, Raytheon and Goodrich Corp, had been cleared to re-enter its portfolio following independent confirmation that they were ...

Equipsuper focuses on 'member experience'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2013
... right through from the contact centre up to the financial planning business," Equipsuper strategic marketing and communications executive officer Geoff Brooks said. The focus on the relationship with Mercer, said Brooks, is part of a strategy to "get ...

Niche mergers have their benefits

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2013
... workplaces," Rodwell-Ball said. The greater resources that come with a merger, he said, can be used to improve communications. As a result NGS Super has invested in better member services, such as workplace seminars, outreach programs and better staffed ...

Platinum board restructure, Neilson steps down as CIO

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2013
... within the investment team." Elizabeth Norman has been appointed to the board as director of investor services and communications. Norman joined the company in 1994 and built the investor communications and support service. Jacob Mitchell will take up ...

Social media may not be the best place to advertise

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2013
... by the social media explosion may take some comfort from Challenger general manager of corporate marketing and communications Stuart Barton's presentation the Financial Standard's annual Sales and Marketing Forum. Barton said fears that advertising is ...