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Westpac tops list in corporate responsibility: survey

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2004
Westpac Bank has topped the list in a new index of corporate responsibility, released on Saturday. Runners-up in the self-assessment survey were BP, Rio Tinto, BHP Billiton and Toyota. Authors of the inaugural Corporate Responsibility Index, which is ...

Super performance results a lesson for investors and advisers alike; Rainmaker

Investors aligned with master trusts should either make use of their flexibility or put their money elsewhere. That\'s the central message to emerge from Rainmaker Information's survey of superannuation fund performances, the most comprehensive compiled ...

Absolute Capital appoints new non-executive director

Absolute Capital Group this week announced David Bleakley has joined its board as a non-executive director. Bleakley is formerly the founding chairman and managing director of financial planning company, Bleakleys Limited. His career in the financial ...

Anxiety replaces complacency in Australians super planning

The number of retirees feeling disappointed in retirement is increasing, with financial security emerging as a key determinant, a recently conducted nation-wide survey reveals. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) commissioned ...

Young Australians the greatest beneficiaries of choice

The introduction of choice of fund legislation is the perfect opportunity to encourage young Australians towards a more active role in their superannuation planning, Aviva's chief operating officer Grant Salmon said today. "The advent of choice of superannuation ...

Another TAP hits the market

Details of another Term Allocated Pension (TAP) hit the market on Monday, when ING rolled out its own version as part of the OneAnswer and Optimis platforms, which will be available from 20 September. Investors in the OneAnswer TAP can choose from 56 ...

Credit Suisse enters platform market

Credit Suisse Asset Management on Friday announced its first venture into the platform market with the launch of MasterWrap. "As the name implies, our platform is part master trust, part wrap," Credit Suisse Asset Management head of distribution Brian ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2004
The Australian stock market is likely to open firmer in early trade, as a positive night in the US should transfer to the local bourse. However, weakness in base metals and oil prices overnight could weigh on some resources stocks, although gold stocks ...

James Hardie tests resolve of SRI's

Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) funds with exposure to James Hardie are reconsidering their association with the construction giant. After warning James Hardie in December last year not to walk away from its moral responsibilities, manager of ...

AON joins the switch to Asgard

Risk management firm AON has become the latest group to badge and distribute Asgard's eWrap and adviserNET product advisers in a move it said would streamline delivery of products to its 220 authorised representatives. AON managing director Greg Dunger ...