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Ready, steady, communicate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2010
Members don't care about super until close to retirement - myth or fact? According to ESI Super, it is a myth as increasingly financially literate members look to their super funds as "partners" before, during, and after retirement. The $2.8 billion ...

FOS appoints Belleville to board

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2010
The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has appointed former Suncorp executive, Robert Belleville, as director for the service. Belleville previously worked at Suncorp as group executive of personal insurance and, prior to that, was chief executive at ...

FT launches second Asian real estate fund

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2010
Franklin Templeton Real Estate Advisors has launched its Asian Real Estate fund 2 after the previous fund by the same name closed with over $420 million from European and Australian investors. The fund has the same structure as its predecessor - a private ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2010
The Australian stock market may open slightly lower and trading may be subdued as traders have little direction following public holidays in the US and China. At 0740 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index contract was four ...

Hartsuyker takes aim at govt reviews

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2010
Luke Hartsuyker, shadow minister for financial services, superannuation, corporate law and consumer affairs, said the Government has failed to encourage Australians to invest in superannuation by creating an uncertain regulatory environment. Speaking ...

Cooper Review calls for SMSF structure overhaul

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2009
... raised and, given the size of the sector, there should be a dispute body equivalent to the one available in financial services [FOS]. And with more than 65 per cent of SMSFs servicing an average of two members, the Review asked whether the structure ...

Equipsuper CEO jumps to Equity Trustees

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2009
The chief executive of the $4-billion plus Equipsuper, Robin Burns has been appointed managing director of Equity Trustees. Burns is currently CEO of multi employer super fund Equipsuper, which has 49,000 members. He has been chief executive at the ...

Ripoll recommends investor compensation fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2009
... advice licensee failings. The committee received a number of submissions from the regulator and Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS), which highlighted the benefits of developing a compensation scheme for investors. "The scheme would bring Australia's financial ...

FOS names insurance ombudsman

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2009
... who resigned from the service in August. Parrino was named ombudsman - general insurance in July last year. Prior to joining FOS, Parrino worked as ombudsman at the Insurance Ombudsman Service for more than 14 years.

ASIC outlines credit agency requirements

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2009
... resolution procedure and membership of an approved external dispute resolution scheme such as the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS). ASIC is also imposing specific conditions on AFSL's granted to credit rating agencies that require firms to comply with ...