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Planners want insurance integration

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2009
The days of planners dealing directly with insurers could be numbered, with new research showing soaring support for platforms and planning software to integrate insurance as part of their services. According to research by Investment Trends, the majority ...

Ord Minnett appoints head of research

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2009
Ord Minnett has appointed Stephen Scott to the position of head of research at Ord Minnett. Scott will be responsible for running both the investment strategy team and Ord Minnett's team of specialist research analysts covering Australian equities. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2009
... force data for November. Reserve Bank of Australia assistant governor of financial markets Guy Debelle addresses Westpac Research and Strategy Forum. Westpac and the Melbourne Institute releases a survey of consumer unemployment expectations for December. ...

Zenith wins AdviceIQ research mandate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2009
Zenith Investment Partners has formed an alliance to provide research services to Sydney-based dealer group, AdviceIQ Partners. AdviceIQ was established earlier this year by industry professionals Tony Madden, Angus McLeod and Bronny Speed. Under the ...

Securitor adds planners and expands research

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2009
... its number of practices by 16 over the past year and has set in motion a new strategy to offer planners more investment research and aid them in their work. Neil Younger, head of Securitor, said the dealer group, which added 26 financial planners to ...

SSFS ushers Asian Century in $1bn global equities overhaul

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2009
... small portion of institutional investors in Australia with above-average allocation into the sub-segment. According to research, the top 20 super funds in Australia, representing more than $207 billion in assets, invest around 2.5 per cent of their total ...

IRESS adds Asteron

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2009
... within the risk industry." Asteron's general manager, Jordan Hawke said the deal allows advisers to undertake their risk research and quote for a policy at the same time. "The opportunity for an adviser to have binding premium quotes with no re-keying ...

Pengana finds gems in emerging companies

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2009
... annualised net return for their investments. Ed Prendergast, fund manager at Pengana, said a combination of hard-nosed research and putting a cap on the product's FUM have contributed to the fund's success. "In the five years we've started, what we do ...

Van Eyk ventures into NZ

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2009
Van Eyk Research has taken its first major step into the New Zealand market with the signing of AMP Financial Services New Zealand as an anchor client. Van Eyk chief executive Mark Thomas said the firm has watched closely the emergence of the Kiwi Saver ...

Still a lucky country: research

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2009
... Australians expect their household finances to improve next quarter compared with only 3.7 per cent bracing for the worst, research shows. This week industry body IFSA and research firm CoreData have released their quarterly investor sentiment research. ...