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Advice goes direct to retail shopfronts

From super funds to banks and financial planning groups, the industry is divided between those that are pinning their future growth and consumer engagement strategy through walk-in financial advice shops and those that are sticking with a more traditional ...

Tower and IRESS launch Accelerate Connect

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2010
Tower Australia and IRESS Market Technology have launched Accelerate Connect -providing advisers with a straight through link from comparison to the application process on the same screen. Accelerate Connect allows advisers to launch the TOWER Australia ...

Contra confidence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2010
Did anyone hear that loud thud on Wall Street over the weekend? So what do we do now? Are we back on track for very slow growth - at worst, a double-dip -- and all the sinister consequences it'll have on our combined and individual fortunes? The Street ...

Pengana gains 'three stars' rating

PRESS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2010
Standard & Poor's has given the Pengana Australian Equities Core fund a 'three stars' rating. The fund's strategy is active long-only that uses fundamental stock selection to construct a high conviction portfolio. The portfolio aims to generate absolute ...

Maritime Super backs internal admin for merged fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2010
Maritime Super chief executive, Peter Robertson, believes the administration of the proposed merger between the fund and Auscoal Super would run more efficiently on an internal system, instead of an outsourced provider. Auscoal Super and Maritime Super ...

Super-sized super powers up

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2010
The adoption of MySuper and Superstream reforms outlined in the final report of the Cooper Review can only make Australia's super funds more formidable on the global stage, said a finance technology expert. Peter Hill, managing director of investments ...

Planners rank high on client scorecard

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2010
People who use planners love the services they get, but those who have never dealt with planners directly are skeptical, research shows. According to research by CoreData-brandmanagement, commissioned by the Association of Financial Advisers, investors ...

More planners gain SMSF cred

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2010
SPAA has recorded a 20 per cent jump in advisers seeking self managed super fund (SMSF) specialist accreditation as planners embrace higher professional standards to cater for the biggest sub-segment of the superannuation industry. The increased demand ...

Paul does it again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2010

GESB can manage tougher measures on capital reserves

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2010
WA-based GESB said the super fund supports the Cooper Review's recommendation on new capital requirements and said it won't be an issue even if - in theory - the super fund grows to $350 billion, the average size of a super fund by 2035 based on Treasury ...