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... forms which, as it turned out, were not used." The survival of corporate funds, according to Herron, is possible if their parent companies, like Nestle, insisted on continuing to offer an open defined benefit fund for its members. "When your parent company ...

INVESCO to make waves in retail market

INVESCO hopes to use the global muscle of its parent company AMVESCAP to capture a wider share of the retail investor market and is due to launch four new funds in the first half of this year. The Melbourne-based fund manager, which currently markets ...

Exchange traded funds to surge

... in the US but have barely made a ripple in the local market and fund manager INVESCO wants that to change. INVESCO's UK parent AMVESCAP has just signed a deal to buy PowerShares, the fastest growing ETF provider in the world. AMVESCAP has announced that ...

New AFA chief eyes under-insurance and business succession

After a six-month long search, the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has appointed a new CEO, Richard Klipin, who hopes to increase the group's membership by addressing key issues including the nation's chronic under-insurance and business succession ...

DirectPortfolio to launch SMA Lite

... DirectPortfolio offers their SMA product for a minimum of $25,000. Paul Bray, executive director at Explorer Group, the parent company of DirectPortfolio, says the higher entry point means that younger people who don't have that much money miss out although ...

Morningstar to buy Ibbotson

... Australia's spokesperson, says it is too early to comment on the implications of the move to the local arm although the parent company has said that the proposal is part of their global expansion plans. "Morningstar has operations in 16 countries and ...

ING adds Optimix to its tax-effective product

ING has added six OptiMix multi-manager funds to its tax effective investment board (TEIB). The six funds to be added include OptiMix Moderate, OptiMix Balanced, Optimix Growth, OptiMix Property Securities, OptiMix Australian Shares and OptiMix Global ...

CSF inspires faith with RSE and goes public offer

The Catholic Superannuation Fund (CSF) has become the first major church-based super fund to gain a Registrable Superannuation Entities (RSE) licence and will also go public offer. CSF has pipped many other non-religious funds to the post, gaining their ...

Macquarie pilots life insurance system

... tiny four per cent of Australian parents have enough life insurance cover to sustain their family's lifestyle if either parent were to die.

iPod generation should learn how to save: ASIC

The financial services regulator ASIC has turned its attention to the spending behavior of young consumers and has produced a free comic designed to teach teenagers about money matters. The free comic titled 'To the Max' can be downloaded from the Young ...