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Former IOOF head of retail joins S&P

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2007
Standard & Poor's (S&P) has appointed IOOF's former head of retail funds management as an executive in the investment services division. Jarrod Brown resigned from his position as head of retail funds management with IOOF in August last year. In his ...

New Jersey Govt spends teachers' future fund

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2007
The New Jersey Teachers' Pension and Annuity Fund seemed in dire trouble last week as it was revealed funds destined for retirement funding had been diverted to cover more immediate expenditure, in a theme echoing some of the recent debate around Australia's ...

IRESS seals $48m VisiPlan deal

Wealth management software provider IRESS is set to double its revenue base after announcing it will acquire listed group IWL's software arm VisiPlan for consideration of 5.95 million IRESS shares, around $48 million. Following the deal, IRESS will ...

Demography is destiny: IGR

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2007
Treasurer Peter Costello has released the updated Intergenerational Report (IGR) showing that while the impact of population ageing is Australia's biggest policy challenge, incorporating its imperatives into Government policy can pay big dividends later ...

Hedge fund myths confuse investors

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2007
When you hear about hedge funds, they are either heroes or villains, while a lot of myths about hedge funds leads to too much confusion among investors, said hedge fund of funds manager EACM Advisors. One of the myths is they are unregulated and somehow ...

Industry funds show master trusts a clean pair of heels

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2007
Eleven consecutive surveys, performed over one, three and five years, show industry super funds' advantage over master trusts isn't just luck. The research, commissioned by Industry Fund Services and carried out by Rainmaker Information, showed that ...

InvestorWeb under threat in proposed VisiPlan sale

The proposed sale of diversified financial services group IWL's financial software business VisiPlan to IRESS Market Technology raises questions around the future of IWL's managed funds research arm InvestorWeb. Australian Stock Exchange listed IWL ...

Super tops $1 trillion as retail keeps winning inflows race

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2007
Australia's superannuation savings pool has climbed to $1 trillion at December 2006 after jumping 19 per cent during the year, said the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). Despite the continuing media campaigns promoting the fee and performance ...

New Paradigm for Opes Prime

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2007
Opes Prime has agreed to acquire 51 per cent of investment banking firm Paradigm Capital as part its ongoing local and international expansion and diversification strategy. The acquisition will result in the formation of a new company, Opes Prime Paradigm ...

Bad will hunting

An estate planning expert has warned that the simpler super legislation effective July this year magnifies a number of estate planning traps and urged those aged 50 or over to review their will and adjust it according to the new super rules. Trust's ...