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Super for members, not nation building

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2007
Strong wealth management sector growth pushing Australia to net capital exporter status within 20 years shouldn't mean superannuation is seen as a panacea for our nation building problems, according to Emilio Gonzalez, chief investment officer at Perpetual ...

AFS launches business school

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2007
The Australian Financial Planners Services Group (AFS) has announced plans to open a business school allowing financial planners to grow their skills in running their operations. Beginning in October, the school will offer no financial planning strategy ...

MIR scoops top fund award

MIR Investment Management fended off tough competition from AXA, BT, K2 Asset and Pengana to win this year's 'Fund Manager of the Year' award from S&P. MIR was one of 11 sector award winners at the fourth S&P Fund Awards held last night at the Doltone ...

Pengana launches global volatility fund

A new Pengana fund bears two industry buzzwords, 'global' and 'volatile'. After last night's S&P awards, it can now add "award-winning" to its name too. Having won the S&P's Innovative Product of the Year award, the Pengana Global Volatility has also ...

Ethical by name and nature

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2007
Ethical fund managers Hunter Hall and the Australian Ethical Investment have responded to the CHOICE report that warned investors about funds that specialise in responsible investments. The CHOICE report urged investors to read the 'small print' when ...

More acquisitions on the cards: EQT

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2007
... favourable, the level of organic growth in all business units has been strong. Our business has worked to a carefully structured plan that has proven very successful." "The diversity of our business lines enables us to leverage changes that are occurring ...

Dazza is a dud: FPA survey

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2007
Despite initial claims of success with consumers, almost two-thirds of Financial Planning Association (FPA) members believe the Value of Advice 'Dazza' advertising campaign has been a flop. First aired on national TV in October 2005, and backed up by ...

Zenith rates EII Global 'highly recommended'

Research firm Zenith has given New York-based global real estate fund manager EII Global Property a "highly recommended" rating and dubbed it the "best of breed" fund in the sector. The $5 billion-plus fund, which is one of seven institutional fund ...

ANZ eyes ING and maybe AMP

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2007
ANZ has signalled a desire to the Dutch-owned ING Group to move to outright ownership of the ING Australia joint venture, the Herald Sun reported on Saturday. ING, however, has refused to enter negotiations. A fresh attempt by ANZ is likely to close ...

Dixon in three-part expansion push

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2007
Dixon Advisory joins the big league after it added 22 advisers with $1.5 billion in funds under advice (FUA) to its network, appointed former Bulletin editor Max Walsh to its investment committee and completed a business re-branding. Former ABN AMRO ...