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PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2006
A report by Monash University Professor Bob Birrell draws negative conclusions about the reliance by the government on the use of migrant accountants. The report, The Changing Face of the Accounting Profession in Australia, found competency levels of ...

MAB FM raising funds for US retail trust

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2006
Specialist property investment manager MAB Funds Management (MAB FM) is looking to raise $37 million for its newly launched unlisted fund investing in the US retail property market. MAB FM has formed a joint venture with US property specialist Rosenthal ...

MFS buys 40 per cent of Vantage

MFS Alternative Asset has acquired a 40 per cent stake in private equity management group Vantage Asset Management (VAM), its maiden investment in the alternative asset sector. The group has also bought $2.3 million worth of shares in Vantage Private ...

AIG Life appoints head of group insurance

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2006
AIG Life has appointed a former AustralianSuper executive as the new head of group insurance. Damien Green, the former AustralianSuper general manager of business development, will now head up AIG Life's group insurance division. Green said his focus ...

Finsia wins fin services education excellence award

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2006
Finsia's Graduate Diploma of Applied Finance and Investment has been awarded the Excellence in Education for Financial Services - Higher Education Category Award from the Financial Services Education Agency Australia (FSEAA). The FSEAA Quality Education ...

Matrix planner wins AFA Rising Star Award

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2006
Jason Danjoux, a Matrix Planning Solutions representative, has taken out the AFA Rising Star Award 2006 in a close decision over his fellow finalists. The AFA Rising Star Award, sponsored by ING, recognises the dynamic talents of some of the industry's ...

MIR scores $100m from Catholic Super and Retirement

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 OCT 2006
MIR has secured a $100 million mandate from the Catholic Superannuation and Retirement Fund (CSRF) to be invested in the MIR Australian Equities Fund. Existing CSRF Australian equities mandates with Perpetual and Maple-Brown Abbott will be realigned ...

FKP makes mark in property

FKP Funds Management's Commercial Property Trust No 1 posted a high 58.5 per cent total return to investors for the 2005-06 financial year thanks to the group's active management strategies and the strong Brisbane property market. The 58.5 per cent ...

PIS launches new income fund

Professional Investment Services (PIS) has launched the Discovery Investment Services Core Income Fund, investing primarily in two Australian Unity Investments (AUI) mortgage funds. "The AUI mortgage products have a proven record of providing attractive ...

UBS builds adviser network through education

Wealth manager UBS responds to the growing need for more wealth managers and advisers in Asia by setting up a campus in Singapore that will provide financial training to existing employees and would-be advisers. The group will open the 'wealth management ...