TAL Retail appoints new product and marketing head

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TAL Retail, a division of life insurance company TAL, has appointed Greg Johnson as Head of Product and Marketing. Mr Johnson comes to TAL from the Aussie Group, where he... Read more continue reading

APRA releases draft guidance on MySuper transition

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The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has released for public consultation its draft guidance SPG 410 MySuper Transition. The guidance is intended to assist registerable superannuation entity (RSE) licensees to... Read more continue reading

Centuria Capital sets up offshore office

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Centuria Property Funds CEO, Jason Huljich, has announced the opening of an office in Singapore with the appointment of Chong Woon Pin as Managing Director of Asia, Centuria Capital. Mr... Read more continue reading

Ho hum consumers: Should the RBA be worried?

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The Westpac/Melbourne Institute index of consumer confidence rose by 1.0 per cent in October to a reading of 99.2. Sentiment levels are up 2.0 per cent on a year ago.... Read more continue reading

Not keen to hire: Job advertisements at 32mth low

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Bad news for job seekers – the number of job advertisements fell for the sixth straight month, dropping by 2.8 per cent in September to stand 10.8 per cent lower... Read more continue reading

NRMA Insurance to offer life insurance

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NRMA Insurance will offer its customers life insurance products after it signed an alliance agreement with life insurance provider TAL.  The alliance will see TAL provide life insurance policies on... Read more continue reading

Vanguard clients reap the rewards of special crossing days

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Vanguard today announced that clients invested in its wholesale pooled funds saved $9.3million in the 2011/12 financial year through ‘crossing savings’ or reduced spread costs. A crossing or ‘special spread’... Read more continue reading

Successful advertising campaign increases consumer awareness for financial planning industry

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The Financial Planning Association (FPA) is pleased to announce the results of its continuing consumer advertising campaign.  The advertising, which started in September last year and accelerated in the past... Read more continue reading

Investors holding over 48% of units wish to replace LM as the Responsible Entity

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Unitholders in a group of mortgage funds – including a significant number of overseas investors – want to replace the Gold Coast-based LM Investment Management (LM) with Trilogy Funds Management... Read more continue reading

Online domestic retailers fight back

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Commonwealth Bank Equity Research Analysts have analysed the spending habits of two million CBA customers through the bank’s credit and debit card facilities. CBA cards data indicates growth in total... Read more continue reading