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AUI Retirement Village Fund makes first acquisition

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2011
Australian Unity's Retirement Village Property Fund has made its first purchase, the Geelong Grove Retirement Village in Grovedale, Victoria. The Australian Unity Retirement Village Property Fund was established to provide investors access to the growing ...

Bennelong and Legg Mason get ratings boosts

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011
... departure the fund had four stars but was placed on hold during the transitional period, which led to the appointment of Victor Gomes to manage the portfolio alongside Stephen Woods. Meanwhile, Zenith has also recommended Legg Mason's Australian Real ...

YBR adviser awards announced

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2011
Fourteen Yellow Brick Road advisers were recognised for their efforts in the 2011 Yellow Brick Road Conference Branch Award Winners. The awards, held at the Sunshine Coast in Queensland on August 18-19, recognised branches working under the Yellow Brick ...

St George names new planning heads in strategy push

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2011
St George Banking Group continues its multi-brand strategy push, announcing new roles for planning heads for Bank of Melbourne and St George Financial Planning, as the group builds its advice full-service offer to Victorian customers. The St.George ...

State winners named in AFA excellence awards

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2011
Six state winners have been announced in the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) Excellence in Education Awards, with the national winner to be announced in October. The award, sponsored by Asteron, applauds independent financial advisers who continue ...

One year jail for Opes Prime directors

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2011
Former directors of failed business Opes Prime Stockbroking have received jail terms for their part in the stockbroker's infamous collapse. Lirim (Laurie) Emini and Anthony Blumberg were charged following an extensive Australian Securities and Investment ...

Bank of Melbourne relaunches with plans for 90 new branches

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2011
The first accounts were opened today at the new Bank of Melbourne, as Westpac rebrands its St George group and embarks on an expansion drive to capture the Victorian regional market. Scott Tanner, chief executive, said the bank today opened three new ...

Advisers demand platform opt-in support

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2011
Independent and bank-aligned financial advisers want platform costs to be lowered and have high expecations of support from providers once opt-in reforms are implemented, an industry survey has found. The annual CoreData Platform Study reported that ...

Opes Prime directors admit guilt

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2011
Lirim Emini and Anthony Blumberg, the former directors of Opes Prime Stockbroking (OPSL), pleaded guilty to charges related to the collapse of the company in 2008, which left around $630 million owed to creditors. Facing charges brought by ASIC in front ...

Super fund director taken to court for fees

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2011
An industry superannuation fund director and union boss is being taken to court for the board fees he earned, by another state secretary of his union. Dean Mighell, Victorian secretary of the Electrical Trades Union (ETU), lodged a statement of claim ...