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Charter Hall fund assets to $70m

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2010
Charter Hall increased assets for the new Direct Industrial Fund (DIF) to $70 million - only four months after the fund's launch - through a major property deal. DIF has now acquired a new distribution facility in Kingsgrove, New South Wales and a third ...

BlackRock to expand retail arm

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2010
BlackRock plans to add to staff numbers while expanding its separately managed account (SMA) business next year, said Scott Phillips, BlackRock's head of retail. In response to the recent departures of two members of the research team, Phillips said ...

SelectingSuper celebrates top 2010 funds

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 5 NOV 2010
... Long-Term Performance Excellence Award CareSuper Cbus Industry Super Host-Plus LUCRF Super REST Superannuation Self Managed Super Fund Provider of the Year Cavendish Multiport Super Concepts Superannuation Fund of the Year Award CareSuper HESTA Host-Plus ...

Get on board super reforms: Shorten

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2010
Bill Shorten, the newly-appointed Minister for Superannuation and Financial Services, re-affirmed the government's plan to raise SG to 12 per cent and implement key reforms proposed in the Cooper Review. Speaking at an industry luncheon hosted by the ...

All cashed up and ready to pounce

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 15 OCT 2010
Self managed super fund trustees are looking to invest a portion of their cash holdings, currently accounting for more than 50 per cent of their portfolio, into shares, a new survey shows. The Ubank survey released in February this year found t hat ...

Investors demand 'transactional' advice

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 15 OCT 2010
Self managed super fund (SMSF) investors are tapping advice-centric technology to cultivate a 'transactional' type of relationship with their financial planner as opposed to the conventional lifelong relationship approach. Matthew Harrington, principle ...

OneVue on global path with managed accounts

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 14 OCT 2010
... OneVue clients also include a large number of independent advisers who cater for high net worth (HNW) or self managed super fund clients, said Connie McKeage, OneVue chief executive officer. McKeage said that while there are other managed account products ...

CommInsure boosts retail life offering

NEWS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 OCT 2010
... removed its post natal depression exclusion and added income care benefits previously only available to self managed super fund clients. "We have listened to adviser feedback and continue to develop our offer in the areas that advisers and their clients ...

Ironstone partners advisers in property

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 OCT 2010
The issue of investing in residential property, particularly through self managed super funds (SMSF), is highly problematic for financial advisers due to restrictions prohibiting them to offer property-related advice, according to Ironstone Group. Sean ...

Commercial property regains appeal: survey

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 11 OCT 2010
The latest Charter Hall Group Investor Forum survey of approximately 400 Self Managed Super Funds (SMSF) trustees and individual investors found that 55 per cent of investors plan to invest more into listed and unlisted property market this year. The ...