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Downturn presents brand opportunity

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2009
... Marketing firm, Lawrence Creative Strategy, founded by Neil Lawrence the man behind the 'Kevin 07' campaign, conducted research to get people's perception of super funds and the industry using two focus groups: active members (such as SMSFs) and those ...

Van Eyk appoints CEO and board

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2009
Financial planning research and ratings firm, van Eyk, has appointed Mark Thomas as chief executive, while Stephen van Eyk, managing director and chair, has moved to be executive chair. The firm also appointed two new non-executive directors including ...

S&P withdraws Ashton-Paulson rating

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2009
... Ashton Advisers (Australia). Nick Raphaely, executive director at Ashton Advisors (Australia), said the Standard & Poor's research was compiled on incomplete information on Paulson which prevented them from having a high level of conviction. He said ...

OptiMix appoints new managers

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2009
... joins Aberdeen Asset Management as investment managers in the strategy. "These managers offer distinctive investment and research approaches. Each has a particular approach to extract alpha from the market," said Emmanuel Calligeris, chief investment ...

Super still a great investment despite impact of GFC: Bowen

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2009
Despite disappointing short term returns due to the impact of the GFC on world markets, superannuation is still a very important investment opportunity, said Chris Bowen, minister for financial services, superannuation and corporate law. Bowen said ...

QSuper bulks senior investment team

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2009
... QIC, Woodhouse spent eleven years with Stonebridge Capital Management in Los Angeles, where he served as director of research and managing director. Lillicrap was most recently head of portfolio design for QIC. He has previously worked for Macquarie ...

Eslake leaves ANZ

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2009
... ministers alike," he said. Prior to joining ANZ in 2005, Hogan worked as chief economist and head of interest rate product research at Credit Suisse First Boston. He's also held a number of economist roles at Westpac Banking Corporation and NSW Treasury ...

Gen-Y in a bottle

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2009
... communication channels today. Rocky Scopelliti, a senior executive at Telstra, authored one of the most comprehensive research ever to be released in Australia on Gen-Yers and how they use technology to access financial products. The study found that ...

Retirement adequacy beats market slump

MICHELLE BALTAZAR AND RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2009
... the reasons why for many Australians, last year's financial crisis was a mere blip in their future retirement income, research shows. Today AMP has released its second Superannuation Adequacy report, which it claims is the largest superannuation analysis ...

SMSF intl equities allocation halves

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2009
... at Multiport. He said appetite for international direct shares is low because of the added currency risk and lack of research available. Which may go some way to explaining why managed funds haven't fallen by as much, as some managed funds provide currency ...