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Retail super fund commissions revealed

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2011
Retail super fund members paid almost $3 billion in commissions during 2010, according to new Rainmaker research. The fee study, commissioned by Industry Super Network, shows that members parted with $1.9 billion in payments linked to super investments ...

Rainmaker event draws global investors to Australian market

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011
Global fund managers will have the chance to assess the merits of entering Australia's $1.5 trillion wealth management market at an event hosted by Rainmaker Group and Bloomberg in Singapore today. Rainmaker managing director Christopher Page and Bloomberg's ...

Bennelong and Legg Mason get ratings boosts

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011
The recently established small caps fund, Bennelong Avoca Emerging Leaders Fund, received a 'recommended' rating from Zenith Investment Partners. The fund is a joint venture between Bennelong Funds Management and Avoca Investment Management and is co-owned ...

Behaviour key to increased insurance sales

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011
Behavioural investing can help financial planners increase insurance take up in Australia, as well as improving the reputation of the industry, according to MetLife senior vice president, Joe Jordan. With fierce debate surrounding commissions on life ...

Invesco shifts Asian focus to consumer demand

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2011
Invesco aims to bring the Asian consumer demand story to the doorstep of Australian retail investors with the overhaul of its existing Asian equities strategy. On October 1, Invesco will rename its Wholesale Asian Share Fund as the Wholesale Asian Consumer ...

IOOF combines multi managers and adds director

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2011
IOOF will simplify its multi-manager offering by combining its two product suites and closing a number of funds at the end of the month. The diversified financial services group will embed its United Sector Leaders Funds within the IOOF MultiMix suite ...

QIC eyes Asian mandates through new ambassador

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2011
QIC has appointed former Australian Ambassador to China, Geoff Raby, to help win more mandates from Asian institutional investors. Raby retired from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade earlier this month after five years as Ambassador to China ...

MyState builds momentum with Rock merger

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011
Tasmania's biggest financial services firm MyState has agreed to a merger with Queensland based The Rock Building Society to form a combined business with $1.68 billion in funds under management and advice. MyState, which consists of MyState Financial ...

Brookes departs as CCSL chief

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011
Chief executive officer Nicholas Brookes will leave superannuation trustee business CCSL today, following the company's sale to Diversa Group in April. Brookes founded CCSL in 2006 and has built up a healthy client base of 22 with $1.2 billion of funds ...

Fiducian plans further client portfolio buys

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011
Fiducian Portfolio Services hopes to add to the $1 million it spent on acquiring client portfolios in the last year, after announcing a 7.8% rise in after tax profit for the financial year ended June 30 2011. Its $4.43 million net consolidated profit ...