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NZ bourse doubles earnings ahead of KiwiSaver

The New Zealand Exchange has posted a 102 per cent increase in earnings in the first half of 2007 and expects a stronger boost later in the year once the KiwiSaver and other related tax changes kick in. The group has announced that half-year EBITDA ...

Stable funds bad defaults: ICI

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2007
The US Investment Companies Institute (ICI) has called for retirement funds to be invested to achieve growth, and dismissed calls from the US life insurance industry that capital stable funds be allowed as default investment choices in 401(k)s. "Stable ...

Planners move from vanilla to neapolitan

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2007
An increasing trend for planning groups to add services continues to emerge with ING's Millenium3 purchasing Mawson Group and Lachlan Wealth Management's PMG Group purchasing accountancy business Smith, Peacock and Henshaw (SPH). ING can already draw ...

PE driving improved corporate governance: CHAMP

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2007
The recent massive growth in private equity buyouts is also driving improvements in public corporation governance, according to David F. Jones, managing director of CHAMP Private Equity. Speaking at the 2007 WestLB Mellon Asset Management Round Table ...

FPA lends farmers a helping hand

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2007
The chair of the Financial Planning Association (FPA), Corinna Dieters, yesterday announced a pilot project for planners to help drought affected farmers free of charge, potentially the first of many pro bono projects for needy Australians. Dieters ...

Austock appoints new head

Austock Securities has appointed former Garrisons head Michael Farrell as its new head of wealth management and private clients. Prior to joining Austock, Farrell was managing director of Garrisons Pty Ltd, spearheading both the financial planning business ...

AXA re-writes individual insurance

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2007
... reinstatement option gives policy holders the chance to reinstate up to 100 per cent of their previous trauma cover under a new plan only 12 months after a payment. "The unique feature of our offer is that AXA will also pay a partial benefit for a cancer ...

DeAM global thematic fund impresses van Eyk

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2007
Deutsche Asset Management's Global Equity Thematic Fund has been rated an 'A' by van Eyk on the back of strong portfolio construction and risk management. The fund focuses on global themes rather than on regional or geographic issues, according to Bill ...

Liquidnet trading breaks mould

A US-based institutional broker, Liquidnet, plans to launch an electronic trading system in Australia that would blow the rest of the competition out of the water. Named as one of the top ten brokers on the New York and London Stock Exchanges, Liquidnet ...

AMP takes underwriting online

AMP has expanded its suite of services designed to make underwriting faster with the launch of an online desktop solution easywrite office. The solution allows customers to complete a personal statement in their financial planner's office and rides ...