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Over 1 million customers breakup with banks

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2013
... dealing with a credit union and 140,000 with some other financial institution. High fees and charges, poor service and poor interest rates are among the main reasons why customers decided to switch their main financial institution. However, the survey ...

Aon opens new offices in Australia

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2013
... Geelong, Springwood by the beginning of next year. The decision to establish a presence in these regions follows increased interest and demand from local clients and Aon's will to provide its client base with more direct and specialised customer support. ...

Tyndall AM picks up new risk head of risk from Russell

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2013

Judge orders end of class action against WealthSure

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2013
The Federal Court of Australia has ordered the class action against WealthSure to stop, but it will allow members to continue the proceedings individually. Members of the class action were former clients of Colin James Oberg, a former WealthSure adviser ...

Surprise tapering delay boosts Australian shares

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2013
... breathing room afforded by the Fed's dovish approach, Elliot now expects the RBA to hold off on a widely expected cut to interest rates in November. Grant Forster, chief executive of Principal Global Investors, said that the Fed's decision will put on ...

Aussie ETF industry comes of age

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2013
... structure to make tactical allocations to particular sectors or asset classes. For instance, BetaShares Australian High Interest Cash ETF [AAA] serves as a more flexible alternative to the traditional term-deposit account, investing cash in at call accounts ...

Funds market climbs 12.7% to $1.6tr

STAFF WRITERS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2013
... But showing how quickly the market dynamics can stall for previously hot sectors, Rainmaker's research revealed fixed interest to now be among the slowest growing asset classes.

Taper to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2013

John Hewson calls for overhaul of superannuation system

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2013
... as well as rising unemployment figures. "The economy is slowing down more than politicians have admitted. Reserve bank interest rates haven't done the job they thought they would. The dollar's going back up, not down. Activity hasn't picked up. There ...

CFA to host Australia Investment Conference in Melbourne

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2013
The CFA Institute and CFA Societies Australia is hosting its Australia Investment Conference at the park Hyatt Hotel in Melbourne on 24 October 2013. The Reserve Bank of Australia deputy governer Dr Phil Lowe and president and chief executive at CFA ...