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Kiwibank fined over lack of disclosure

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2007
New Zealand government-owned bank Kiwibank yesterday pleaded guilty to breaching the Fair Trading Act while a banking group recently appointed as a KiwiSaver default fund is also under investigation. The case concerns banks which failed to properly ...

IUS partners with CUNA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2007
Group insurance specialist IUS is partnering with the US based CUNA Mutual Group to develop more innovative insurance products for the Australian market by harnessing IUS's reach into pension funds. Phil Collins, manager of group risk for IUS Life ...

Sustainable investing eclipses SRI

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2007
Socially responsible investing built on the ideas of simply screening out bad investments is naA-ve and doesn't do much more than confuse investors, said McKinsey & Co in a report to clients. "Early approaches simplistically screened out 'sin sectors' ...

Centric to improve the health of doctors

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2007
Like many professionals, doctors fail to adequately plan for their retirement despite their healthy incomes, a condition Centric Wealth is planning to remedy. Paul Cooke, a Centric adviser who specialises in offering advice to doctors and medical practitioners ...

Costello launches Simpler Super ad campaign

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2007
Treasurer Peter Costello and Assistant Treasurer Peter Dutton today launched a $69 million campaign to educate the public about the changes in superannuation that come into effect from 1 July. The "Better Super" initiative aims to inform Australians ...

Bumper year for wealth managers

The latest banking report by consulting firm KPMG has confirmed that the country's major banks enjoyed another record year in profits, with wealth management still the crowning jewel. According to KMPG's half year results performance survey, operating ...

Budget reply: National clearing house, halve the OS withholding tax

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2007
The real Budget presented by Treasurer Peter Costello on Tuesday night largely ignored superannuation and investment, but the make-believe Budget Reply announced by Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd last night had us front and centre. In a speech that started ...

UBS Australia imports global strength

The newly appointed chief executive of UBS Global Asset Management Australia, Paul Bolinowsky, has signalled that the group will increasingly use the intellectual muscle of its parent company as more and more local investors demand investment products ...

AIST against participating employer rule change

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2007
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) said it is not comfortable with the Budget's announcement that employers will no longer have to sign participating employer agreements before they can submit contributions to a public offer ...

Tyndall sees off fundie frenzy

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2007
Tyndall's focus on staff consistency, clear plan of attack and strength in implementation were the key aspects driving its doubling of profits in the last year, according to managing director, Brett Himbury. Himbury said that while business itself was ...