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CFS GAM appoints Australian Equities head

Colonial First State Global Asset Management has appointed a senior executive from Morgan Stanley, Marcus Fanning, to head the group's Australian Equities (Growth). Fanning replaces Simon Shields, the former head of Australian Equities (GDP Plus), who ...

Industry groups get smart

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2007
The Australian Bankers' Association (ABA), Financial Planning Association (FPA) and the Investment & Financial Services Association (IFSA) have updated their consumer financial literacy guide - Smarter Super - Invest in your future and make the most ...

Statewide rolls out automatic insurance cover

South Australia-based super fund Statewide has come up with a simple but clever answer to the nation's underinsurance problems - give members a better insurance deal without the cumbersome paperwork and medical checks. The fund's chief executive Frances ...

Water's potential to float

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2007
With Federal and State Governments drowning in debate over how best to manage water, Citi has published economic research on the use of market forces and price to allocate this scarce resource. Shane Lee, Citi economist, believes opportunities are being ...

Green light over red tape

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2007
The hints haven't exactly been subtle, but State Governments are finally moving to fast-track more than $40 billion in infrastructure projects. We've had serious customer complaints from our biggest Japanese commodities buyers including Nippon Steel ...

Benefits from new super inflows thin on ground

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2007
New products and small increases in efficiency look to be the only benefits superannuation fund members reap from the massive increase in inflows received in the run up to 30 June. Despite inflow increases of over 200 per cent for some funds year-on-year ...

Managed accounts move one step closer to benchmarking

Members of the Institute of Managed Account Providers (iMAP) have formed a working group that will help develop the standards for benchmarking managed accounts (MAs), in a bid to help financial advisers compare MAs in a uniform format. Ratings agency ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2007
The Australian share market was a sea of red at noon today as stocks tumbled in line with the US market, which suffered its second worst trading day this year. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index had tumbled 134.5 points to 6124, while the ...

Zurich advisers log on to IRESS software

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2007
Zurich Financial Services has become the first Australian life office to launch IRESS' AppCentral electronic life insurance application software across its adviser network. The life-insurance program allows advisers to complete proposals and submit ...

Super boomtimes as confidence goes stratospheric

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2007
The savings explosion ignited by Simpler Better Super has attracted so much money into super that it's never been healthier, while booming returns mean it's never been happier. It's having long term impacts too as analys released by AMP in association ...