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LGS wins $2.1m green building fund

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2010
Local Government Super (LGS) has been awarded a $2.1 million Green Building Fund Grant by the Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research. LGS was the only applicant to be awarded a grant on an exemplar basis, according to a statement from ...

AMP hires planner recruitment head

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2010
AMP Horizons Financial Planning Academy has appointed former RSP Recruitment Australia director Julia Byrne as its new head of planner recruitment. Byrne assumed the new role on 11 May and reports directly to AMP Horizons director Tim Steele as a member ...

Goldman Sachs under investigation

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAY 2010
... to clients of Goldman Sachs in 2007. Clients of Slater & Gordon already claim losses of about $15 million against the company, according to a press statement from the law firm. Litigation funder, Litigation Lending Services, is supporting the investigation. ...

IOOF adds ETFs to Pursuit

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAY 2010
IOOF's platform, Pursuit Select, has added a number of domestic and international Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) by State Street and BlackRock to its investment menu. "The growth in ETFs in recent times, coupled with demand from our advisers, led to the ...

Raising SG could impact regional companies

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAY 2010
... regional Australia. "We understand that, to help accommodate this increase, the government has proposed a reduction in the company tax rate. More may, however, be needed to ensure this change is not overly burdensome." Baird argued that many small businesses ...

ASX exec joins Adelaide Equity Partners

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAY 2010
... advice, mergers and acquisitions, capital and debt advice, investor relations, principal investment and funds management and company secretarial services. Their clients are national and international corporate institutions, companies, professional investors ...

QSuper appoints NAB for custody

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2010
The $28 billion public sector superannuation fund, QSuper, has appointed National Australia Bank (NAB) to provide master custody and investment reporting services. The engagement of NAB's asset servicing division follows an extensive review process ...

Asset Super tops up direct property

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2010
Top performing super fund Asset Super is increasing its exposure to unlisted property, after investing another $16 million into Lend Lease funds. The $1 billion-plus Asset Super, following a recommendation from its asset consultant, Mercer, recently ...

Veitch wins top AXA adviser award

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2010
Michelle Veitch of MAP Financial Strategies in South Australia has won the Gerald Lippman Perpetual Trophy, AXA's top gong at its national annual adviser awards. MAP has two practices, one in Adelaide's CBD, which trades as Business and Investment Consultants ...

UniSuper extends Bravura mandate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2010
Tech firm Bravura Solutions has extended its existing contract with UniSuper to licence Bravura's ePASS solution to employers. UniSuper is the industry super fund for Australia's higher education and research sector. The deal will see Bravura deploy ...