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Advertising won't grow membership, super funds told

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2014
... their cross-selling potential. It found that ANZ has the highest proportion of banking customers who are also members of Smart Choice or OnePath (13.8%), while CBA has 10.9% who are members of either CBA Essential Super or Colonial First State, and NAB ...

Ex-Deutsche Bank exec joins Woolworths board

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014
... travel, home and pet insurance. On its website, it states: "Into the future we look to bring you exciting new products like smart saving accounts and loans that keep things simple for you." However, a spokesperson for Woolworths said the appointment ...

IOOF appoints national technical manager

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2014
Financial services company IOOF has appointed a new national manager, technical services. A long-term participant in the financial services industry Kate Anderson has joined IOOF from Super IQ, where she was the head of technical. In her role Anderson ...

Punishing Putin (harder)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014
Reports that the US of A and the European Union have expanded the sanctions they've imposed on Russia reminded me of that ancient Spanish torture weapon - the garrotte. Wikipedia describes the garrotte as "a practice of strangulation by which the condemned ...

Passive FUM reaches all-time high

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2014
... which emphasises cost reductions (such as MySuper), while others stem from product innovations in the indexing space, such smart beta. The new figures have come soon after the release of the Financial System Inquiry's interim report which raised concerns ...

YBR Smarter Money returns 5.0% over June quarter

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2014
Yellow Brick Road Holdings' "active cash" fund, YBR Smarter Money (Smarter Money) has returned 5% per annum after all fund fees over the June quarter. Smarter Money is an "active cash" or short-term fixed-interest fund that invests in Australian deposits ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street stocks barrelled to new records, following strong US car sales and Chinese manufacturing data. At 0645 AEST on Wednesday, the September share price index futures contract was up 19 points ...

YBR Smarter Money receives rating upgrade

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
Yellow Brick Road's floating rate fixed income fund, YBR Smarter Money, has been upgraded to "Highly Recommended" by independent asset-consulting firm, Atchison Consultants. Since its launch over two years ago, Smarter Money has returned 5.9% annually ...

Retail funds also guilty of 'Compare the Pair' vagueness

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
... Investments Commission (ASIC) over use of the term 'average' in reference to super funds. Both BT Super for Life and ANZ Smart Choice Super have used the word 'average' in recent advertisements without clarifying exactly what they are referring to. One ...

2014 MAX Award Winners and Finalists

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014