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Cormann criticises trust reform delay

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2012
Shadow Minister for Financial Services Mathias Cormann has criticised an additional delay on promised tax reform for managed investment trusts. In a statement issued this morning following news Assistant Treasurer David Bradbury would announce the delay ...

AMP updates Ascend SMSF

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2012
AMP has launched a new version of its Ascend SMSF service to its financial advice network with improved online features. The enhanced Ascend SMSF service enables advisers to deliver better customer experiences at lower cost as a result of improved technology ...

Redundancies tipped at Plan B

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2012
Job cuts are predicted at Perth-based boutique wealth manager Plan B, if IOOF's proposed bid is successful. The Plan B board has unanimously recommended that shareholders accept the IOOF offer for 60 cents per ordinary share, in an off-market takeover ...

ASX small caps new listing rules finalised

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2012
... of investing in small companies still apply - you still need to be able to assess whether the management team has a good plan in place and whether it will give a meaningful return. "You need visibility on how this additional capital raising will help ...

AMP Capital, Macquarie sells infra to Asia's richest man

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2012
A consortium lead by Asia's richest man has purchased a British gas distribution company from investors including Macquarie Global Infrastructure Funds 2 SARL and AMP Capital. The deal to purchase Wales & West Utilities Limited - subject to European ...

ING Direct prepares for retail super foray

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2012
Online bank ING Direct is lining up to enter Australia's $374bn retail superannuation market with plans for the Q3 launch of a retirement savings product. Product details are yet to be released although a spokesperson for the bank said their SMSF savings ...

AMP Capital weighs up costs

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2012
AMP Capital is currently considering a cost cutting program that could see jobs cut across the funds management business. An AMP Capital spokesperson today confirmed that plans were in the works, but was unable to say if, or how many jobs would be lost ...

Canadian pension fund to buy UK soccer centres

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2012
... pitch company, Goals, has accepted a buyout offer of 73.1 million pounds (A$110.3 million) from the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan. Teachers' is acquiring Goals through its private equity arm, Teachers' Private Capital (TPC). The all-cash offer has been ...

CYRE Trilogy, APFG still fighting

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
The management of the Australian Property Growth Fund is refusing to disclose its register of unit holders in defiance of an Australian Securities & Investments Commission order, said the directors of CYRE Trilogy. Bank of Queensland Chairman Neil Summersen ...

UniSuper wins contact centre award

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
UniSuper has been named winner of the ATA Victorian Contact Centre of the Year award. Last month, three representatives from Australia's peak national body for the contact centre industry spent time with UniSuper's contact centre consultants to judge ...