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ANZ grilled over Smart Choice sales

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2018
... concerns that customers would confuse this product with ANZ's MySuper product of the same name. He said previous marketing collateral for the product wrongly labelled it as a MySuper option. Yesterday, the royal commission heard CFS executive general ...

Nikko AM wins Aussie equities mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2018
... Australian share portfolios, Hallinan said. In a separate appointment, Nikko AM appointed its global head of product and marketing to a newly created role in an effort to champion meaningful diversity. In addition to her existing role, Tokyo-based Stefanie ...

Praemium revenues inching towards $50m mark

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2018
... in the past year, with gross margins now sitting at 81.2%. Expenses as a percentage of sales grew modestly: sales and marketing has gone up from 17% to 19% while IT has increased from 21% to 23%. Product commissions paid out for the year doubled to $4.6 ...

Magellan funds record $331m profit

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2018
... stated 9% performance objective but also above 11.6% returns since its inception. Magellan loosened its purse strings on marketing its funds, splashing out $11.1 million on it - up 266% over the previous year. This spend has grown its brand awareness ...

Zurich names executive lineup for new business

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2018
... bannassurance and direct. From Zurich's side, current chief distribution officer Kristine Brooks will lead the distribution and marketing teams across the expanded business. In March, Zurich announced it would retain OnePath's brand and identity. To ...

ESG bond portfolio opens to Aussie investors

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2018
... signed on to the UN PRI in 2015.The new fund is offered through a Dublin domiciled in a UCITS vehicle. Cameron Hume is marketing the new fund to institutional investors, discretionary fund managers and wealth managers in Australia, UK and Europe. In ...

Glennon Capital hires marketing director

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2018
Glennon Capital has appointed a marketing director as it continues to build its executive team to support its swelling funds under management. Brooke Logan will be responsible for all the $110 million boutique's strategic and operational marketing ...

Productivity Commission proposes more changes to financial advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2018
... adviser." Currently, the terminology of advice requires consumers to intuitively understand that general advice is like marketing; and personal advice is actually tailored to their situation and carries with it some protection against misuse. APLs need ...

Super funds suit up for Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2018
... meets the sole purpose test and is consistent with the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993. Advertising and marketing expenditure, for example, may be on the radar. Such expenditure shouldn't be problematic, Hooper says, provided trustees ...

Digital advice, fintech firms merge

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018
... application process. It was founded last year by Paul Rogan, who was Challenger's chief executive of distribution, marketing and research. Following the merger, Retirement Essential becomes a legal subsidiary of SuperEd, 100% owned by it. The merger ...