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SelectingSuper celebrates super powers

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011
... out and came up with other ways to communicate with our members," said Crowe. Howard Rosario, former chief executive of Western Australian industry super fund, Westscheme, was named as the recipient of the Industry Service Award for his contribution ...

Vow Financial opens second Sydney office

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2011
... opened a new wealth management office in Parramatta following its recent move into the wealth management space. Vow Wealth Western Sydney will offer support and products to a select number of Vow Financial brokers to help them expand their business into ...

Wealthy prefer online shopping

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2011
... lifestyles and willingness to adapt to change, the wealthier people are the more likely they are to purchase online. "In western Europe the propensity to shop online correlates with wealth - 61% of higher earners shop online compared to 44% of lower ...

Guardian Advice appoints new WA state manager

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2011
... former CommInsure business development manager, Wes King, has been appointed the new state manager for Guardian Advice in Western Australia. King will be responsible for managing and growing the Asteron-aligned dealer group's advice network in the region ...

Indonesia to defy world growth forecasts

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2011
... will slow from 4.6% to 4.3% as austerity conditions contract manufacturing demand in consumer countries through developed western nations. The ADB China downgrade parallels Citi's forecaster's analysis. But one country in the Asian region that has confounded ...

T. Rowe Price appoints former ING IM manager

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2011
... responsible for building relationships with financial advisors across Australia, particularly in New South Wales, Victoria and Western Australia. Darren Hall, national manager, adviser distribution for T. Rowe Price said the appointment builds on the ...

The good, the bad and the whatever

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2011
... looking at a "Creditwatch Negative" from S&P too. According to The Age, "another group of councils in NSW, Tasmania and Western Australia are taking legal advice on possible action against the Commonwealth Bank over about $120 million of credit instruments ...

Touchstone acquires Old Mutual assets

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2011
... the US, taking its funds under management to almost $10 billion. Touchstone Investments, a wholly owned subsidiary of Western & Southern Financial Group, said the Old Mutual assets would add several new sub-advisers to its roster of fund managers. Most ...

Snowball chief announces exit plans

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2011
... portfolio management business, Officium Capital, while John (Sam) Gannon will chair the affiliate licensee advice business, Western Pacific Financial Group. Finally, John Nunan, Snowball's head of group portfolio management, will now report to the chief ...

Westpac launches virtual planning service

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2011
... district. Using video-link and real-time technology, the service connects planners to customers in the Karratha region in Western Australia, where some 12,000 residents live in the hub of the Pilbara coast and the mining industry. Westpac has built a ...