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Resources boom has only just begun

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2008
Anyone needing convincing that the resources and commodities boom only has years to run should listen to Rio Tinto describe the insatiable worldwide demand for minerals. Tom Albanese, chief executive of Rio Tinto, speaking at yesterday's Australia-Israel ...

Asset signs on IFFP

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2008
Asset Super has employed Industry Fund Financial Planning (IFFP) to supply single issue advice to its members. The $1.45 billion superannuation fund previously used financial planning firms Money Solutions and Centric Wealth for its seminars and advice ...

IOOF buys 13pc stake in MacarthurCook

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2008
IOOF has bought a 13 per cent stake in boutique property investment fund manager MacarthurCook. In a statement released last Friday on the Australian Securities Exchange, MacarthurCook confirmed that it would form a "strategic investment management ...

Trust banks on fiduciary after BNY sale

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2008
Trust Company Limited received a $14 million profit injection from the sale of its 50 per cent stake in BNY Trust Australia - paving the way for Trust to focus more on its fiduciary roots. Trust Company Limited sold its share of BNY Trust Australia ...

Planners set to Ignite the Difference

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2008
... pre-conference workshops will allow financial planners to learn presentation skills, develop an appropriate business succession plan and find out more about ethical decision making. Keynote speakers include founder of the Choir of Hard Knocks, Jonathan ...

Another take on LPTs

While many investors have long thrown the listed property trust sector in the sin bin, a leading property expert said there's the odd gem to be found, particularly in the office sector. Ken Atchison, founding principal of property research firm Atchison ...

Austock launches planning arm

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2008
Austock Group branches out of stockbroking and into financial planning after poaching three former Ord Minnett Financial Planning advisers to join the group. Austock Financial Planning will open for business on June 16 after five former Ord Minnett ...

Fin advice satisfaction down

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2008
Clients are showing a small decrease in satisfaction with the advice they are receiving from their financial planners, new research shows. The Lifeplan ICFS Financial Advice Satisfaction Index decreased slightly from 74.3 six months ago to 73.2 in June. ...

Vanguard appoints CFO

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2008
Vanguard Investments Australia has appointed Jean-Yves Didier to chief financial officer. Prior to this appointment, Didier worked at AXA Asia Pacific in its Melbourne office and held roles across regional reporting, planning, corporate finance and ...

Industry funds steering clear of FHSAs

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2008
The release this week of Australian Prudential Regulation Authority draft prudential standards for super funds that plan to offer first home saver accounts has confirmed the view of many fund trustees that the FHSA structure and regulatory framework ...