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Super choice could hit 10 per cent in just year one: InvestmentLink

Information hub specialist InvestmentLink reports super choice is taking off with 2 per cent of members already making an active choice in just four months, and they expect this could grow to 10 per cent within a year. Peter Philip, InvestmentLink chief ...

ING adds Optimix to its tax-effective product

ING has added six OptiMix multi-manager funds to its tax effective investment board (TEIB). The six funds to be added include OptiMix Moderate, OptiMix Balanced, Optimix Growth, OptiMix Property Securities, OptiMix Australian Shares and OptiMix Global ...

Charity begins at Hunter Hall

Ethical investment manager Hunter Hall International is to donate 5 per cent of its 2005 pre-tax profits to charities, and urges other fund managers to adopt similar philanthropic measures. The group will present cheques totalling around $700,000 to ...

Rei Super gains APRA licence

Rei Super has been awarded its Registrable Superannuation Entity (RSE) licence by APRA, seven months ahead of the July 2006 deadline. "The fund is committed to growing and prospering in the future so we wanted this project out of the way this calendar ...

Consumers not dumb, just confused about WM industry: ACA

The Australian Consumers' Association (ACA) says the release of the 2005 ANZ Financial Literacy Research and the Study of Consumers in Financial Difficulty confirms consumers are not dumb. Peter Kell, ACA Chief Executive Officer said he commended the ...

High yield push driven by suppliers: Aon

Falling bond yields and fund managers needs to stay competitive with equities is pushing investors into high yield products, rather than a concerted demand push. John Stroud, head of client consulting at Aon Consulting, says people are just looking ...

Daily Economic Update

The Australian Bureau of Statistics reported that its wage price index - which measures hourly rates of pay excluding bonuses - increased by 1 per cent in the third quarter following a 1.1 per cent rise in the previous three-month period. The index ...

IOOF to launch TAPs platform

In his speech at the company's annual general meeting yesterday, IOOF's chief executive office Ron Dewhurst said that they will launch a new platform for Term Allocation Pension products, as part of their ongoing campaign to increase their market share ...

World markets getting risk averse: State Street

Global markets have tipped the scales during October to be more risk averse, after a very buoyant September. Ryan Shea, vice president and senior market strategist at State Street Global Markets, says, "Something changed in October and investors became ...

Competition among insurers to drive down profits and premiums

While the general insurance industry has enjoyed record profits in 2005, tougher competition and lower premium rates could mean returns in 2006 won't be as good, according to a recent survey. The JPMorgan Deloitte 2005 General Insurance Industry Survey ...