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FirstChoice platform offers PIMCO bonds

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
Colonial First State FirstChoice platform has included PIMCO bonds to its investment options. The PIMCO offering is the first global bond investment option available on FirstChoice and it follows a strategy of seeking strong, consistent investment returns ...

Allianz appoints COO

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
Allianz Australia has appointed a new chief operating officer and a new chief general manager of Workers Compensation, both effective in September. Current Allianz chief general manager of Workers Compensation David Krawitz will take over the role of ...

Mirvac sells 50% stake in Sydney CBD office to AMP

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
AMP Capital Wholesale Office Fund (AWOF) has bought a 50% stake in the land and development of 200 George Street, in Sydney CBD from Mirvac Group (Mirvac). The AMP Capital fund has paid Mirvac $317 million for the 50% interest in the Sydney city centre ...

Storm founders will face trial

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
Storm Financial founders Emmanuel and Julie Cassimatis are set to face trial after the Federal Court decided to dismiss their application for a summary dismissal of the case. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) will pursue its ...

Mother of all hard landings and other BSes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
Can you feel it? Can you feel it? Can you feel it? Australia appears to have started this new week, new month, new quarter new financial year with a little bit more stride in its steps. This could be because of the world's biggest central bankers' comforting ...

AMP targets SMSFs for infrastructure and property funds

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013
AMP Capital is launching a website as part of a new marketing campaign aimed at encouraging self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) investors to branch out into infrastructure and non-residential property. While residential property is a popular investment ...

Trust now looking at revised EQT offer

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013
The Trust Company board is now looking at the revised takeover offer from Equity Trustees (EQT) and has delayed the scheme process relating to the offer by Perpetual. The Trust Company revealed that it is seeking advice from legal firm Ernst & Young ...

WHK renames to Crowe Horwath

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013
WHK Group shareholders have decided to change the company's name to Crowe Horwath Australasia. The shareholders approved the resolution at the last annual general meeting in October 2012 and they asked the board to make it effective before July 31 ...

Ready for another take off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013
Are you thinking what I'm thinking? Is this a dead cat bounce or the early stages of another move higher? To be sure, it's only been three days...three straight days that the S&P 500 has turned its downtrend into a trend upwards. Even accounting for ...

Former Everest CEO banned from financial services

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
Former chief executive of Everest Financial Group Jeremy Michael Reid has been banned from the financial services industry for two years. Reid has entered into an enforceable undertaking (EU) with the Australian Securities and Investments Committee ...