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NAB and Aviva rule platform land

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2009
... Navigator business will create the largest platform provider with $69 billion in funds under management and more than 2,900 advisers using its services. NAB, which announced it had agreed to purchase Aviva Australia's Navigator platform and insurance ...

Costello's Future Fund career over before it started

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2009
... Costello's possible appointment began to circulate during the weekend when unnamed sources, allegedly senior Labor Party advisers, told the ABC that "We [the government] are looking very seriously at Costello for the job." Then stories began appearing ...

Pres Obama proposes sweeping regulatory reforms

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2009
... in how banks and insurers are supervised. But more significant for the investment management are proposals that "All advisers to hedge funds (and other private pools of capital, including private equity funds and venture capital funds) whose assets under ...

Industry bodies back IFSA charter

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2009
... retirement outcome for many Australians," said AIST chief executive Fiona Reynolds. Meanwhile the Association of Financial Advisers has also joined in the support, with chief executive Richard Klipin saying the charter will "go a long way towards creating ...

IFSA launches superannuation Charter

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2009
... significant because it sets up a race among retail interest groups to be the first to implement sweeping reforms on how advisers should be paid and to demonstrate their services are unbiased. "Commencing in July 2010 we plan a fresh approach to the payment ...

CHOICE wants commissions banned

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2009
... launched a new campaign this month calling for a ban on commission-based remuneration and other conflicted remuneration to advisers. Titled 'Financial advice: is it in your interest?' campaign, the association is attacking what it believes is conflicted ...

Legalsuper hires investment expert

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2009
... Investment Committee meetings and also Board meetings as necessary. The role of legalsuper's asset consultant (JANA Investment Advisers Pty Ltd) will not change following this appointment.

Super breakthrough for SMAs

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2009
... differs from many of its competitors on two points: one, it is available on Aviva's platform as an option which allows advisers to switch in and out of them the same way they've done with the products already on the platform. Two, the product can accept ...

Insurance needs more disclosure

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2009
... products. Like investment advice, life insurance products can be offered either way, trailing commissions or fee-based (advisers "dial down" the commission"). But before moving the debate on the remuneration further, the public needs to be provided with ...

Rainmaker Marketing Excellence Awards 2009

... Bell Direct www.netwealth.com.au/admin - netwealth Investments www.vanguard.com.au - Vanguard Investments www.bt.com.au/advisers - BT Financial Group Best Website of the Year (Open) Winner www.mlc.com.au - MLC Finalists www.instreet.com.au - Instreet ...