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Social investment MIS targets community projects

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2008
Foresters Community Finance has created an investment product that allows people to invest in the non-profit and charity sectors and still draw competitive fixed interest type returns of five to six per cent. The Community Investment Fund operates like ...

TOWER's business set to soar

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2008
TOWER Australia's robust premium growth and increasing product differentiation will see the insurance firm gain serious clout in the local insurance market, according to ratings house Standard & Poor's (S&P's). Standard & Poor's Ratings Services last ...

Investor responsibility key to governance: Regnan

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2007
Investors need to re-think their investment attitudes and focus more on corporate governance and long-term value than shot-term profit, according to Erik Mather, managing director of governance research house Regnan Mather said that while attitudes ...

New INVESCO retail rep completes national coverage

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2007
INVESCO has appointed a new retail sales representative for Western Australia and South Australia. Tanya Cherrington leaves Perpetual Investments to become INVESCO's new manager retail sales for the Western Australia and South Australia, joining Matthew ...

Mezzanine finance conman hits Hillsong Church investors

NSW based property developer Robert John Orehek is to face trial on 30 criminal charges brought by ASIC for misappropriating money from investors most of whom were from the Hillsong Church in Castle Hill. Orehek will stand trial on three counts of fraudulent ...

Small Macq delivers big returns

Mercer has ranked Macquarie Small Company fund as the number one performing small cap fund manager of 2006 after the fund posted a high 40.6 per cent return, before tax and fees, for the year ended June 30, 2006. Portfolio manager Neil Carter said the ...

NAB removes commission bias in the UK

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2006
National Australia Bank owned UK banks Clydesdale and Yorkshire have revamped their financial advisers' commission structures in response to a survey that found three out of four consumers believe advisers push products that earn them the most sales ...

10 per cent of companies churn banks each year

Banking analyst East & Partners has just reported that Australia's major companies are increasingly shopping around for the best financial deal with bank churn rates jumping 28 per cent during the year. According to the report, 'Australia's Top 500 ...

Super Choice clarifies award status

Choice of Fund legislation continues to cause confusion within the superannuation and investment industry, a problem being compounded by inaccurate updates on government websites. The Commonwealth Treasury has confirmed to the Financial Standard that ...

Schroders fixed income fund 4/5; Assirt

Schroders Investment Management today announced it's Schroder fixed income fund had received a "strong" investment rating from research house, Assirt. "We are delighted with the strong rating awarded to the Schroder fixed income fund by Assirt," head ...