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RG146 unveils planning stars

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2009
Justin Pratt of Mercer has won the paraplanner of the year award by financial planning education house RG146 Training Australia. Pratt, an assistant financial adviser at Mercer Wealth Solutions in Sydney, took out the '2008 Paraplanner of the Year' ...

AUI trust posts solid returns, holds value

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2009
While many funds were in the red last year, Australian Unity Investments (AUI) bucked the trend when its Healthcare Property Trust gained 11.27 per cent and, despite the market downturn, many of its underlying direct properties have held their value. ...

Investors back AUI property proposal

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2008
Investors in three of the five Australian Unity Investments property vehicles have voted 'yes' to the firm's proposal to staple five property syndicates to establish a $400 million retail property fund. A recent media report claimed that AUI had failed ...

Vianova weathers financial crisis

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2008
Savvy fixed income managers such as Vianova have emerged victorious in the bear market as their minimal sub-prime exposure and backing of bonds pay off, according to Australian Unity Investments. Investors who liquidated assets to protect income by ...

AUI and DirectPortfolio adopt AML service

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2008
Australian Unity Investments (AUI) and DirectPortfolio adopted OneVue's anti-money laundering (AML) reporting and record keeping service. AML Explorer can be downloaded online and presents the AML legislation in a simple format that allows users to ...

Planners still optimistic: MLC

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2008
Bad markets? Tick. Shaky economic times? Tick. Planners' business growth? Tick. Despite the market downturn, 43 per cent of financial planning business owners are confident their business will grow by more 25 per cent per year in the next five years ...

When five become one: AUI

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2008
The $6.2 billion Australian Unity Investments is looking to morph five of its retail property syndicates and trusts into a hybrid $400 million mega fund. The fund manager is currently seeking investor approval to convert its five offerings into a single ...

Australian Unity focuses on wellbeing

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2008
Physical wellbeing is just as important as financial wellbeing so for healthcare services provider and fund manager Australian Unity, why not look after both? It's been a stomach-churning time for many companies, Australian Unity not least one of them. ...

Broken hearts from empty pockets

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2008
Forget environmental or social concerns. A new study found that the uncertain economic climate is the single largest negative influence on the average Australian's sense of wellbeing. According to the latest Australian Unity Wellbeing Index - which ...

Covered short-selling unmasked

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2008
While 'naked' short-selling has been the center of news headlines, one investment expert urges the industry to look at the misuse of 'covered' short-selling and why the rules have to be changed. Speaking at the IFSA conference last week, David Bryant ...