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Superannuation

CARE and Vision break off merger talks

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2006
CARE Super and Vision Super have announced they will not be proceeding with a proposed merger.

Industry goes live with Rainmaker ITV

Rainmaker Group is set to launch its online media channel, Rainmaker ITV, www.rainmakerITV.com, which will feature evolution media's soon-to-launch financial services internet TV program Mastermind.

Rainmaker Marketing Excellence Awards 2006

More than 180 delegates attended last night's 2006 Rainmaker MarketingExcellence Awards which recognised the outstanding achievements in marketing, salesand business development by an individual, a group of individuals ororganisation in Australia's wealth ...

AMP spins off back office

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2006
AMP Financial Services (AFS) has created a new business division aimed at providing support and services to its advisers.

A new frontier in asset consulting

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2006
Asset consulting has changed so much so that through the sheer volumeof new managers it has become a process of elimination and negativescreens, according to key industry delegates.

Platforms: here today, gone tomorrow

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2006
Platforms have had their day in the sun and the future opportunity liesin direct investing between just the investor and the fund manager, TomCollins believes.

Snowy Hydro not for sale

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2006
The Prime Minister has announced today that the plan to privatise the Snowy Hydro has been shelved amid massive public outrage.

MERs out of date and disclosure still an ordeal: Westbrook

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2006
In recounting the significant superannuation changes over his 30 years in the industry, chief executive officer of FuturePlus, Brett Westbrook, said that MERs would become a thing of the past but disclosure was still haunting us.

Urban Pacific wins prestigious global real estate award

Melbourne-based Urban Pacific's residential development KensingtonBanks has won the prestigious international real estate award, theFIABCI Prix d'Excellence, this year.

Walter Scott Global Equity still recommended: Zenith

It's been barely a month since the sale of Edinburgh based boutique manager Walter Scott Partners (WSP) to US-based investment titan Mellon Financial for an undisclosed sum, but ratings firm Zenith has retained its recommended rating on the locally available ...