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Chalk up number 7 for Bravura in the UK

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2006
Bravura Solutions has just won its seventh UK client for their Talisman administration software. Cardif Pinnacle, part of BNP Paribas, is one of the UK's top providers of creditor, warranty and investment products and have just agreed to license Bravura's ...

Centro grows on virtues of diversification

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2006
Centro Property Group's direct property trusts have continued to outperform and the group is not only trumpeting their performance figures but the diversification benefits on offer. Centro announced that its Direct Property Fund (DPF) had returned 18.2 ...

Aon Re appoints Florida insurance veteran

Rade Musulin, former Florida Insurance Council Chair, has joined Aon Re Australia as senior actuary. Prior to joining Aon Re, Musulin was also the former vice president in operations of the Florida Farm Bureau Insurance Companies. "Rade was responsible ...

AMP Cap Investors revs up global direct property

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2006
AMP Capital Investors has launched its new Global Direct Property Fund, aimed at satisfying the Australian appetite for property investment in a market with dwindling opportunities. The AMP Capital Investors Global Direct Property Fund will invest in ...

QIC hands global mandate to Altrinsic

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2006
QIC has awarded a $60 million global equity mandate to Altrinsic Global Advisers. The mandate to manage $60 million for the QIC International Equity Fund completes a recent QIC review of managers for the International Equity Fund, instigated with the ...

Westpac offloads $300bn sub-custody business to HSBC

Westpac Banking Corporation has announced it is to sell its sub-custody business in Australia and New Zealand, with assets under custody of over $300 billion, to HSBC for $150 million. "We believe that custody is increasingly an international business ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2006
The share market is expected to open higher, helped by a positive lead from Wall Street and higher commodities prices. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was up 28 points at 4,988 at 0749 AEST. The Australian Bureau ...

Leyland opens Melb office to meet IMA demand

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 24 JUL 2006
Stockbroking and equity manager group Leyland Private Asset Management (Leylands) is expanding into Melbourne with plans to grow its individually managed accounts (IMA) business. Leyland co-founder, Charles Leyland, will move to Melbourne along with ...

Rice Walker restructures

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 24 JUL 2006
Actuary group Rice Walker Actuaries is splitting its business between its Melbourne and Sydney offices to allow staff and consultants to become shareholders of the business and has appointed a former politician to take on the role of independent chairman ...

Reverse mortgages not for inexperienced advisers

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2006
Reverse mortgages should not be handled by anyone but the most qualified and skilled financial planner, and planners as a whole need to attain higher benchmark standards in order to manage the entire financial affairs of their clients. That is the message ...