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IFM boosts stake in Ecogen

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2008
Industry Funds Management (IFM) bought the remaining 72.6 per cent equity stake in gas electricity firm, Ecogen Holdings from Babcock & Brown Power for $80.9 million. IFM has been an investor in the firm since 2003 and now completely owns the business ...

PASF hires Outlook for advice

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2008
Professional Associations Superannuation Fund (PASF) partnered with financial planning firm, Outlook Financial Solutions to provide its services to the super fund's 450,000 members. Tony McDonald, Outlook Financial Solutions managing director, said ...

Introducing the Burnie Pub PDS

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2008
The government moves to scrap Latin-like, 100-page product disclosure statements (PDSs) in favour of plain English four-page forms by creating a template to prove it can be done. Today Senator Nick Sherry, Minister for Superannuation and Corporate Law ...

VISSF turns 50

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2008
... schools in Victoria realised they would not have a sufficient income stream in retirement. The first schools to sign on to the plan included Fintona, Lauriston, Mentone, MLC, Morongo, PLC, Preshill, Ruyton and St Margaret's. The fund has developed to ...

Garvan FP practice gains SAI approval

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2008
Garvan licensed financial planning practice, Finance Control was awarded the SAI Global backed, Financial Planning 9000 standard, a benchmark for quality administration and business management. The Financial Planning 9000 - Quality Management for Financial ...

Mariner targets European aged care

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2008
Mariner Financial is planning an $800 million buying spree of European aged care infrastructure assets as part of a joint venture deal with German-based property financier HSH Real Estate. While Babcock & Brown is busy offloading some of its infrastructure ...

Astarra opens to retail investors

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2008
Astarra Funds Management's balanced, conservative and growth multi manager funds are now available to retail investors for the first time in more than a decade. All three diversified funds have all been ranked in the top quartile over one, three, five ...

Plan Protect buys boutique firm

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2008
AXA financial planning representative, Plan Protect purchased Sydney CBD based financial planning practice, Bearsden Holdings, boosting its funds under advice to more than $200 million. Bearsden Holdings comprises of two financial planners including ...

One-size rule does not fit advice

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2008
The current "one size fits all" regulatory approach should be reviewed to reduce cost and improve the accessibility of financial advice for consumers, said the Financial Planning Association of Australia. In its submission to the Financial Services ...

BlackRock absorbs Impact

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2008
A new technology designed to help fund managers better demonstrate their investment methodology to clients is going to be exported in a big way after US giant BlackRock flagged plans to buy IT outfit Impact Investing. The deal is significant not only ...

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Mercer Super chief executive steps down

RIDDHIMA TALWANI
Mercer Super chief executive Claire Ross is departing after almost 17 years in senior leadership roles at the retail super fund.

AusFood Super looks to revitalise member engagement

MATTHEW WAI
The $3.5 billion super fund has partnered with InvestStream to launch RetireSmart+, becoming the first super fund to bring an AI-powered engagement experience to some 66,000 members.

L1 Group posts 'marked recovery' in June quarter

RIDDHIMA TALWANI
L1 Group has reported a marked recovery in investment performance in the June quarter.

European PE firm mandates Apostle with Australian distribution

RIDDHIMA TALWANI
Apostle Funds Management has been appointed by European investment firm Triton Partners for the distribution of its credit strategies in Australia and New Zealand.

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