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AMP half year profit falls 3%

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2014
... billion for the first half of 2013. This was driven by the new inflows generated by the China Life AMP Asset Management joint venture and improved flows from the MUTB alliance. "It is particularly pleasing to see AMP's offshore strategy already delivering ...

Folkestone acquires land for planned community

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2014
Listed real estate funds manager Folkestone has entered into a joint venture with ID_Land to establish the Folkestone Truganina Development Fund. The Fund has acquired an 80% interest in a 52.5 hectare residential master planned community in Melbourne's ...

Treasury Group shares surge on merger news

LAURA MILLAN AND AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2014
... share price in six years. Under the new agreement Treasury Group will gain more access to international markets with the joint-funded company set to manage just under $50 billion in assets. TRG managing director Andrew McGill said the move would help ...

New PJC inquiry will "close the loop" on consumer protection

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014
... consumer protection mechanism, Financial Planning Association (FPA) chief executive Mark Rantall has said. The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services will look at the adequacy of current qualifications required by financial ...

SMSF advisers gear for referrals from accountants

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2014
... planners (37.1%) said this was the greatest challenge facing their business over the next three years. The Parliamentary Joint Committee (PJC) inquiry into professional, educational and ethical standards in financial planning has put the spotlight on ...

S&P, ABN Amro appeals rejected in landmark ruling

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2014
... investors, and other claims under consideration in offshore jurisdictions. The Court found that the Councils were entitled to joint and several judgments against each of ABN, Standard & Poors and LGFS.A Accordingly, ABN Amro and S&P will each be liable ...

Packer launches $200 million philanthropic fund

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014
Gaming billionaire James Packer has launched a $200 million philanthropic fund to support the arts and Indigenous education for the next 10 years. The Foundation will be funded jointly by the Packer Family Foundation and the Crown Resorts Foundation ...

SMSF service industry comes of age: Survey

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2014
A newly published survey of the self-managed super fund (SMSF) sector reveals a large, flourishing and enormously diverse industry, with no single business model dominating. Jointly published by the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) ...

Senate saves the LISC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2014
... huge impact on the super accounts of working mums, many of whom are already behind on saving for retirement." However, in a joint release Treasurer Joe Hockey and Finance Minister Mathias Cormann said the move was unsustainable, claiming the three measures ...

New Investors Mutual LIC gets rating and platform approval

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2014
... raising target of between $100 and $200 million. The issue has been arranged through CBA Equities who are also one of the joint lead managers to the issue along with BBY, Patterson and Taylor Collison and co manager Lonsec Securities. Investors Mutual's ...