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Pentafin beefs up IT team

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2008
... head of software engineering, with 12 years' experience in financial services. Chim has in-depth knowledge of unit trusts, master trusts, superannuation and retirement income products. "This has freed James Thorpe, our existing head, to concentrate on ...

Intech rebrands

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2008
... they've already rebranded," said a company spokesperson for Intech. However, the Skandia name will remain for the fund's master trust product range. All investment strategies and objectives will also remain unaffected. At the end of last year, Intech ...

Fee for service planners on the rise

A sub-segment of financial planners expect revenue from pure 'fee for service' models to increase to almost a quarter of their total revenue in three years, a survey of more than 1,100 planners has found. The inaugural Investment Trends Planner Business ...

China's growth sustainable: Wang

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2008
... guarantees the Chinese economy's growth is sustainable and will continue to flourish, according to Dr Xisu Wang, China grand master and foreign investment consultant. Speaking at an Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and the BRIC+ Program forum ...

Austock launches planning arm

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2008
... division reached the $100 million funds under management milestone, underpinned by its Austock Life Imputation Bonds, a master fund that uses an insurance bond tax structure. In April, the group created the Treasury Risk Advisory team to help clients ...

Northward banks on top stocks

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2008
A solid company selection framework forms part of the backbone of Northward Capital's Australian Equities Fund, an offering that is now officially open to the retail sector. Speaking at a breakfast briefing yesterday, Charles Brooks, investment specialist ...

Infrastructure Australia should set national priorities

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2008
... single national government entity to facilitate financing, approval and development of infrastructure projects, and that a master plan should be developed. The report noted that high priority projects should, "Telescope the development approval process ...

Ben Davis bags CIMA scholarship

... Investment Partners' Ben Davis is the latest recipient of the BlackRock-sponsored CIMA Scholarship for Retail Managed Funds and Master Trust Research Analysts. BlackRock said the Certified Investment Management Analyst (CIMA) Program addresses the demands ...

Macq Prof Series appoints head of retail

Macquarie Professional Series (MPS) has appointed Adrian Stewart as its new head of retail distribution. Stewart was previously state manager for New South Wales with Challenger, with whom he worked for five years. He said the decision to join was easy ...

MLC adopts straight through processing

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2008
Faster online applications? Tick. Easy navigation? Tick. Straight through processing (STP) features? Tick. MLC has unveiled a new website that it believes checks all the boxes for adviser functionality. One key element of the new website is its STP ...