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Kiwisaver allows contributions to be diverted into mortgages

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 28 AUG 2006
... fear to tread by allowing members to divert half their contributions into their mortgage. Under the contribution diversion plan, workers in New Zealand opting to save for retirement using Kiwisaver will be able to apply to have up half of their 4 per ...

First Capital appoints new MD

Financing group First Capital Group has appointed a former MFS manager to the role of managing director of its property financing business, First Capital Securities. Mark Phillips, former group manager of asset management and general manager of asset ...

Plum puts increased super savings on auto-pilot

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2006
... opt-in approach is a lot less successful than the opt-out method& What we know is that once people come into this kind of plan they tend to stay." However, Fitzsimons allayed the fears of some by stressing that the program was as easy to exit as it was ...

XPLAN in demand

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2006
IRESS, the parent of financial planning software provider XPLAN Technology, has reported its annual results, highlighting that the XPLAN model continues to gather pace with further growth expected as profitability ramps up. Adjusted profit for the group ...

Pimco plans absolute return fixed interest fund

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2006
Pimco Australia has announced it is working on a new absolute return fixed interest fund, the Pimco Absolute Return Series (PARS), which will use leverage to let investors dial up their exposures. Speaking at the Portfolio Construction Conference on ...

APRA got it wrong on AXA: AAT

ALEX DUNNIN AND AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2006
... Regulatory Authority's (APRA) disqualifications of seven directors of the former trustee of the AXA Australia Staff Superannuation Plan. A statement released by APRA said that, "While the AAT found that the actions related to an Enforceable Undertaking ...

After failed IPO, Snowy Hydro still top rated

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2006
Moody's Investors Service has upgraded Snowy Hydro's senior unsecured rating to A3, up from Baa1, in a rating review that commenced when Snowy Hydro first announced plans to conduct its now abandoned IPO. Moody's said Snowy Hydro's baseline credit analysis ...

Perennial appoints ex-VFMC numbers man

Perennial Investment Partners has snapped up the former financial controller of the Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC), Niall Keane, for a similar role within the firm. As the new financial controller, part of Keane's brief is to handle the ...

Keating and Sen Chapman to launch AFA conference

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 AUG 2006
Senator Grant Chapman, chairman of the upcoming and controversial Parliamentary Inquiry into the Structure of the Superannuation Industry, together with former Prime Minister Paul Keating, will headline the Australian Financial Advisers annual conference ...

Hunter Hall shares the wealth with staff

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 AUG 2006
Hunter Hall has announced a staff equity plan and executive profit sharing scheme in a bid to retain key personnel for the long term, a strategy which will see portfolio managers eventually owning 10 per cent of the company. The Portfolio Manager Share ...