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StatewideSuper renews MetLife insurance deal

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2010
South Australia-based StatewideSuper has re-appointed MetLife as the fund's insurer. Metlife has been StatewideSuper's insurer for the past 18 years and the appointment follows an extensive and competitive tender process, noted a press statement from ...

Same song

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 AUG 2010
Had it not been for the greater than percentage point gain on Wall Street overnight, there was really nothing to write home about. Click your mouse on any financial news service and you're bound to read that good earnings announcement and better-than-expected ...

Numero Dos

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 AUG 2010
It's official - China is now the second biggest economy in the world! Japan practically handed China the silver medal on a silver platter after releasing its National Accounts showing that the country's real GDP increased at an annualised rate of 0.4 ...

Should super go social?

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2010
Social media expert Kim Anderson, formerly from ninemsn and now founder of www.readingroom.com.au, said the benefits of social media are real and the more super fund communication professionals take the trend seriously, the better off they will be. ...

Tower and IRESS launch Accelerate Connect

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2010
Tower Australia and IRESS Market Technology have launched Accelerate Connect -providing advisers with a straight through link from comparison to the application process on the same screen. Accelerate Connect allows advisers to launch the TOWER Australia ...

Platforms up 30pc to $391bn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2010
The 90 percentage point turnaround in equity returns in the year to end March has propelled a 30 per cent bounceback in the size of the platform market. According to Rainmaker's recently released Advantage Report, platform FUA climbed back to $392 billion ...

Trustee outsourcing deals in regulator spotlight

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2010
New research from APRA reveals that while the focus on super funds using related party service providers often focuses on not-for-profit funds, it is the outsourcing practices of retail funds that present more concerns to the regulator. According to ...

Paul does it again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2010

Bored with half-empty glasses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2010
So what do we make of the equity markets now -- Now that some positive news appear to be slowly weaving their way into the headlines. Or is it just that financial market spin doctors have grown bored of staring down half empty glasses. Australian and ...

Australians frustrated with fin companies

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2010
Australia's finance industry, including financial services, has the highest customer turnover following poor customer service, compared with telecoms, internet service providers and insurance, new research shows. A survey of 702 respondents by RightNow ...