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Developed nations raise funds for ADB

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2011
... the facility to $5.8 million. "With this additional assistance, the Government of Luxembourg expresses support for ADB's plan to expand the fund into a multi-donor facility which will aid our long-term Strategy 2020 goals of inclusive and environmentally ...

Disability trust comes with caveat

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2011
Financial advisers must be wary of the pitfalls of setting up a disability trust, with many people who have a disabled dependent likely to lose their pension or insurance benefits without the right advice. In a number of cases, a client with a heavily ...

New ETF player targets niche assets

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JAN 2011
A month after BetaShares introduced its first two exchange traded funds on the ASX, the firm is looking to carve a name for itself in the specialist ETFs market with the launch of more products this year, including a currency ETF. Drew Corbett, head ...

AFA launch QLD flood appeal

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JAN 2011
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has launched its own Queensland flood appeal through its charitable arm, the AFA Foundation. AFA Foundation chair Brian Boggs said the foundation extends its support to the victims of the floods currently ...

MLC cuts two mandates in new strategy

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JAN 2011
MLC Investment Management (MLC IM) ends mandates with Lazard Asset Management and Contango Asset Management as part of its new Australian shares strategy. MLC IM said the portfolios have been reweighted across the remaining eight managers with no plans ...

Investors miss wealth signposts

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JAN 2011
Financial planners and their clients may be missing out on the 'wealth builder' signal, according to one financial planner, who recommends a three-pronged strategy to accumulate wealth. According to HLB Mann Judd wealth management partner Jonathan Philpot ...

Asian Giants lands in China

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JAN 2011
AMP Capital's Asian Giants Infrastructure Fund has acquired its first asset in China, buying a 19 per cent stake in provincial natural gas provider Qujing Gas, for an initial investment of US$2 million. Qujing Gas holds a 30-year concession to run the ...

Floods test contingency plans

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2011
... well versed in business continuity procedures. Only a month prior to the floods, it had to activate its disaster recovery plan after a loose neutral connection caused computers on three floors to blow up. "We have had two disasters in the space of two ...

Advisers lend aid to Infocus

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2011
... one was fine, there was no one injured, that's the major positive," said Steinhardt. Infocus also had a business continuity plan that included a centralised web-based IT system, meaning advisers' work and client files were not damaged from the floods. ...

Trinity3 names SMA portfolio managers

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2011
Bendigo and Adelaide Bank gives financial advisers a taste of what to expect from the group's newly-established platform, Trinity3, after the bank unveiled the first set of investment managers it intends to use for its model portfolios. Today the bank ...