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WealthBuilder targets generational clients

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2008
... to forge relationships with clients' offspring, in turn creating continuous business opportunities. "Understandably the focus for the industry over the past decade has been on wealth accumulation for retirement, but estate planning will be a real issue ...

AFA names Adviser of the Year

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2008
Adam Smith and Paul Daily have been named joint winners of the AFA Adviser of the Year award at last night's AFA Gala Dinner. Tuesday night marked the first time in history the AFA announced joint recipients of the prestigious award that pays tribute ...

Insurance stays afloat

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2008
... Business process outsourcing may also receive a boost as a result of the market turmoil as insurers seek to mitigate costs and focus on core competencies.

TAAM wins $100m mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2008
... he said. The fund manager practices a bottom up strategy and operates only in the mid to large cap space, with a strong focus on liquid stocks. Around 50 per cent of TAAM's clients are based in Europe, while Australian institutional investors make up ...

Gamers target lost super

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2008
Chasing cats and avoiding wombats all in a bid to find lost superannuation is part of AUSfund's campaign to get more people to consider finding their lost retirement savings. The fund's online game involves participants taking on a role as a dog that ...

Sentiment seesaw

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2008
Up and down we go, where it stops we do not know. Wall Street's performance overnight highlights how tenuous financial market sentiment remains. The sentiment seesaw became obvious as the Dow Jones industrial index went from a 4.4 per cent loss to a ...

Cuffe fund outperforms index by 13.8 pc

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2008
Not many fund managers can claim that they are performing well amidst today's gloomy investment environment - but Chris Cuffe's Third Link Growth Fund managed to stay ahead of the index since its inception this year. The fund, which still posted a loss ...

WW names top fund managers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2008
Colonial First State, Macquarie Bank Group and AMP were among Australia's funds management firms to be included in the Pensions & Investments/Watson Wyatt World 500 rankings last year. Among the top 500, 15 Australian managers made the cut, making up ...

MLC locks premium rates

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2008
MLC is locking its insurance level premium rates for the next five years and refreshing its product disclosure statements in its latest endeavour to draw fresh clients. MLC confirmed at its Insurance Forum today that the guarantee applies to new clients ...

Instreet calls on expertise for funds

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2008
... billion in funds under management. "This open ended actively managed fund considers a set of up 60 commodities, with a close focus on 40, that are analysed on a weekly basis," said George Lucas, Instreet managing director. "The fund is predominantly ...