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IRESS seals $48m VisiPlan deal

Wealth management software provider IRESS is set to double its revenue base after announcing it will acquire listed group IWL's software arm VisiPlan for consideration of 5.95 million IRESS shares, around $48 million. Following the deal, IRESS will ...

Centro growing US footprint

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2007
... Trust (CER) have succeeded in their $6.3 billion (US$5.0 billion) joint bid for US shopping centre owner and manager New Plan Excel Realty Trust. CNP will take a 64 per cent or $4 billion stake in New Plan and CER will hold the remaining 36 per cent ...

Aussie reverse mortgages world's best

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2007
The Australian reverse mortgage sector is in its infancy but our products have evolved so fast they lead the world, said Martin Lynch, director of reverse mortgages at ABN AMRO. "It's only been really the last four years there have been products here ...

Barrett builds new distribution team at CFS

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2007
Colonial First State's (CFS) newly appointed general manager, Paul Barrett, has finished building his new distribution management team after an internal recruitment drive, making four key appointments. Kylie Macfarlane has been promoted to head of retail ...

Adviser confidence way up: ING

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2007
Adviser confidence has rocketed in the past year, according to an ING survey, with double the number of advisers bullish about growth prospects in the year ahead compared the the last year. Around 75 per cent of the 800 advisers surveyed during the ...

Unionised workers only half all industry fund members

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2007
New research shows that industry funds are winning post-super choice, despite the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reporting that the proportion of private sector workers belonging to a union is only 15 per cent. According to the ABS, less than ...

CGT overshadows Simpler Super benefits: Centric

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2007
Anne-Marie Esler of Centric Wealth argues that while the new simpler super rules are a significant step forward, issues relating to capital gains tax (CGT) have been overlooked. Esler outlined what she considered the five main issues regarding super ...

Fincorp failure burns 8,000 investors

Around 8,000 investors will either lose all their money or get back 30Ac in the dollar following the collapse of property group Fincorp. KordaMentha, the insolvency administrator appointed to the case, said that preliminary figures showed that about ...

Industry funds and master trusts share top honours

CHRIS NICHOLLS AND ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2007
SelectingSuper has released its one, three and five year performance rankings for super funds up to 28 February 2007, showing a fairly even balance between the segments leading the performance pack. According to the benchmark indices, the Rainmaker/SelectingSuper ...

AIG improves insurance

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2007
AIG Life has beefed up the benefits and improved pricing in an overhaul of its Priority Protection insurance range in response to demand from advisers keen to write more insurance business. The changes come into effect on 2 April and include a range ...