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Reverse mortgages not for inexperienced advisers

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2006
Reverse mortgages should not be handled by anyone but the most qualified and skilled financial planner, and planners as a whole need to attain higher benchmark standards in order to manage the entire financial affairs of their clients. That is the message ...

CFS GAM in Chinese JV

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2006
Commonwealth Bank's funds management arm, Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFS GAM), has cast a significant vote of confidence in China, investing $7.7 million in a joint venture with a Chinese asset manager. The joint venture, with aims ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2006
The market is expected to open lower with a slightly higher oil price and mixed based metal prices unlikely to offset falls on Wall Street. On the Sydney Futures Exchange the September share price index was 20 points weaker at 4965. On the day gaming ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2006
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher on a strong US lead and solid gains in metal and oil prices. On the Sydney Futures Exchange the September share price index was 39 points stronger at 4933. On the day gaming group Tattersall's fronts ...

New kid on the ratings block: Heron

Superannuation consulting group The Heron Partnership has joined Chant West, Rainmaker and SuperRatings in the superannuation product ratings game with the launch of its own fund ratings service. The group reviewed 98 funds from the industry fund, master ...

Morgan Stanley steps up local game

Short of using a brass band and a bugle horn, global giant Morgan Stanley Investment Management plans an aggressive push locally and is due to launch a series of funds, including Australian equities, while also hitting the recruitment trail. For an ...

Platforms: here today, gone tomorrow

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2006
New asset consulting frontier Kate Hage 315 Asset consulting has changed so much so that through the sheer volume of new managers, it has become a process of elimination and negative screens, according to key industry delegates. Speaking at yesterday's ...

Advance appoints Tradewinds to manage international

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2006
Advance Asset Management has announced the appointment of Tradewinds NWQ as a new addition to manage 10 per cent of its International Shares Multi-blend Fund. Tradewinds is a value style global equities specialist with a high conviction portfolio it ...

Intrinsic finds value in Islamic investing

Intrinsic Investment Management hopes to address the needs of Muslim-Australian investors through an investment product that satisfies Shariah Law, a code of principles that many Muslims follow as part of their faith. Intrinsic's managing director Glenn ...

Virgin motors on with new chief

Virgin Money has appointed NRMA's David Wakeley as its new chief executive officer two months after the resignation of founding chief Rohan Gamble. "We were somewhat overwhelmed by the number of applications we had to wade through for the role and in ...