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AXA pushes for fee-for-service July deadline

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2010
AXA is working with its financial planners to ensure they are compliant with its fee-for-service structure by July this year. Simon Wallace, general manager of advice and licensing at AXA, said the firm had been working with its financial planners for ...

APRA contacts funds on rollover fraud

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2010
Super funds are being told to double check rollover applications after the tax office contacted the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) about a number of phoney rollover requests. In a letter sent to APRA regulated super funds, the prudential ...

FPA appoints Rantall to top job

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2010
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has appointed former Godfrey Pembroke managing director, Mark Rantall, as chief executive. Rantall worked at NAB-owned Godfrey Pembroke between 2003 and 2008 where he helped the dealer group transition more than ...

Fortitude and Aurora merge to create $570m manager

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2010
Hedge fund manager Fortitude Capital and Aurora Funds have signed a deal to merge - a move that will form a $570 million fund manager. Aurora employees will move over in the deal and John Corr, founder of Fortitude, will become chief investment officer ...

Russell launches dividend ETF

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2010
Russell Investments has launched its high dividend Australian shares exchange traded fund (ETF). The Russell High Dividend Australian Shares ETF provides access to around 50 blue chip stocks that typically deliver high dividends. The portfolio contains ...

Govt infrastructure fund falls well short

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2010
The government's $700 million annual contribution to infrastructure spending is a step in the right direction but falls well short of what's needed, according to one infrastructure investor. Following the Henry Tax Review, the government has proposed ...

Ord Minnett raises $600 million

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2010
Ord Minnett breaks away from its traditional stockbroking roots by expanding into term deposits, a move that raised more than $600 million in funds in the past six months alone. Tim Gunning, chief executive at Ord Minnett, has only been at the firm ...

ANZ wealth income doubles

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2010
ANZ Bank's wealth income has more than doubled to $420 million as the ING Australia business slots into the bank. ANZ' underlying profit for the half year ending March this year found the Australian wealth division's total wealth income rose from $199 ...

Cooper wants collectables banned from SMSFs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2010
SMSFs should be banned from including collectables and 'personal use' assets into their fund and will be subject to tougher penalties if they break the rules, according to the preliminary recommendations of the Cooper Review released today.In the SMSF ...

Don't put all eggs in China basket: Gonzalez

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2010
Emilio Gonzalez, chief executive at BT Investment Management (BT IM), is worried investors are placing too much emphasis on China's growth, which could have a significant impact on portfolios if the bet doesn't pay off. In his first external speech ...