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Austock Life strikes $100m

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2008
Austock's specialist issuer of tax-paid investments, Austock Life, has reached the $100 million pit stop in its total funds under management. Underlying the $100 million milestone is Austock Life's Imputation Bonds, a full-featured masterfund that uses ...

Direct property reigns: study

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2008
Strong total returns, highest level of income and low volatility - direct property fits the bill and has beaten all other major asset classes in fattening investors' bottom lines in the last 20 years, new research shows. According to the Australian ...

Advisers endorse rural insurance top guns

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2008
Rabo Financial Advisers (RFA) is set to boost its risk insurance relationships with Aviva, Asteron and CommInsure after they were identified as leaders in providing risk insurance to primary producers and regional businesses. The financial planning ...

Trust and Russell redefine philanthropic investing

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2008
Trust has teamed up with Russell Investment Group to launch the Trust Philanthropy Fund, an investment product that provides regular income and returns that best suit a not-for-profit organisations. Russell Investment Group's (Russell) multi manager ...

CFP and Fin Wisdom upload Provisio

Ward Financial Group, part of Commonwealth Bank-owned dealer group, Financial Wisdom, has developed a software designed to reduce the onerous number crunching involved in Transition to Retirement (TTR) strategies. Provisio, developed by Barry Ward from ...

AustSafe launches Super Personal

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2008
AustSafe Super has launched its self employed and small business super product, AustSafe Super Personal, to strengthen its position in rural and regional areas. The fund provides the same investment strategies, fees structure, insurance cover and access ...

Snowball buys Mastertek

ASX listed financial services firm Snowball Group has acquired 100 per cent of the assets of specialist corporate superannuation business, Mastertek Benefit Consultants (MBC). Snowball will snap up all the assets of MBC, while the acquisition will be ...

ING buys Citistreet for $960m

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2008
ING Group has acquired admin services giant Citistreet, owned by Citi and State Street, for a whopping $960 million in cash. Established in 2000, Citistreet was previously half owned each by Citigroup and State Street Corporation. The business provides ...

Finland the most low risk

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2008
Looking for financial transparency? Finland boasts the most transparent financial market in the world - making it the prime spot for low risk investments, new research shows. According to the Milken Institute, a higher number of countries are adopting ...

EQT signs RE deal with Martin Currie

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2008
Equity Trustees (EQT) has signed an agreement with Martin Currie Investment Management to act as the responsible entity for the firm's global alpha fund. Based in Scotland, Martin Currie Investment Management (Martin Currie) manages roughly $30 billion ...