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Advisers compare insurance on smartphones

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2011
... provider Omnium widened the capability of its free quoting application. The pioneering firm was the first to develop an iPhone and iPad app for planners to compare life insurance of all types including: business expenses, total and permanent disability ...

CMC markets appoints new head for Aus, NZ

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2011
... (change) and to train the staff," he said. Cooper was tightlipped on what the big move was. "Yes there will be iPad and iPhone apps but it's more to do with functionality," he said. Other appointments at the company's Australia and New Zealand division ...

Super industry warned of hack attacks

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2011
... shocked a ballroom packed with finance industry professionals by the brazen ease with which information can be stolen - from iPhone text messages to website passwords, banking details and credit card numbers. Attendees at the Association of Superannuation ...

Untapped potential in salary sacrifice

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2011
... to make it easier to contribute in pre-tax dollars without having to link to their employer, including for example via iPhone apps. "That's the challenge," she said. REST Industry Super is the largest fund by membership and covers 1.9 million members ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 FEB 2011
... March crude futures dropped 1.5 per cent. Nokia, the world's largest mobilephone maker, and Microsoft teamed up to build an iPhone challenger in an attempt to take on Google and Apple in the fast-growing smartphone market. US-listed shares of Nokia slumped ...

Mobile internet tools take flight

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2011
... will allow planners to operate solely on their iPad. Tower unveiled its Accelerated iQuote life insurance app for both the iPhone and iPad in November, and Zurich also has an iPhone app for life insurance quotes. In October, dealer group Synchron conducted ...

Of Jobs, Hu and Obama

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JAN 2011
Jobs is leaving the building. Steve Jobs that is. Apple's CEO and the man voted CEO of the Year is taking a medical leave of absence. The news sent shares in the company falling. Because Jobs is Apple and Apple is Jobs. The world would not be with iPods ...

IBM Super upgrades online presence

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 10 DEC 2010
... the latest super fund to invest more in their web and technology services. On November 23, First State Super's inaugural iPhone app for members to check their super recorded 11,000 downloads while in the fund launched a women and super website. Telstra ...

Planners select HUB24

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2010
... use portfolio management and support from HUB24. "Furthermore, it is also the first platform to release an Apple-approved iPhone application for both the adviser and their clients," said Darren Pettiona, managing director of HUB24 and chief executive ...

First State app gets 11,000 hits

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 23 NOV 2010
Less than four months after First State Super launched its inaugural iPhone app for members to check their super, the fund has recorded 11,000 downloads - and expects more people to sign up. First State Super, which had $18.6 billion at the end of June ...