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AMP FP caretaker takes the MD reins

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2006
AMP has announced the appointment of Michael Geggenheimer to the position of managing director of AMP Financial Planning. Guggenheimer steps into the role immediately and was already caretaking the position since the resignation of Greg Kirk earlier ...

Babcock & Brown swells infrastructure by $3.4bn

Home grown infrastructure group Babcock & Brown Infrastructure (ASX: BBI) has agreed to buy US utility giant NorthWestern in an all-cash deal worth US$2.23 billion ($3 billion) along with a 51 per cent stake in WestNet Rail for $435 million. The acquisitions ...

Trust in Asian REITs

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2006
Trust Company of Australia (Trust) has unveiled plans to expand into the Asian market by opening offices in both Hong Kong and Singapore in a move to becoming a trustee of real estate investment trusts (REITs). Trust managing director, Jonathan Sweeney ...

Excel online or perish: KPMG

The latest research from consulting giant KPMG warns that superannuation funds should provide consumers with more user-friendly websites or risk losing market share. KPMG has released the sixth edition of its 'Public Offer Superannuation Fund Internet ...

MillhouseIAG brings private equity to retail

Private equity fund manager MillhouseIAG is using its international private equity clout to bring the best deals to retail investors at home. MillhouseIAG is a Brisbane-based fund manager with operations in Singapore, Germany and the US. It was started ...

IWL snaps up BOSS Software

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 24 APR 2006
IWL announced that it has acquired BOSS Software International and plans to integrate BOSS' technology into the VisiPlan platform. BOSS supplies analysis software to the insurance and financial planning market, including their Life Research, Risk Dimensions ...

PSI Super partners with SyncSoft to grow third party admin

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2006
PSI Superannuation Management has announced that it plans to grow its third party administration business on the back of a synergistic partnership with technology provider SyncSoft. PSI said that it selected SyncSoft's CAPITAL administration system ...

S&P to rate its raters

S&P plans to put its own ratings to the test by conducting a study that will measure the success of its analyst recommendations. The group's head of fund ratings, Mark Hoven, spoke of the plans at a Securitor conference session debating whether fund ...

Asgard flags plan to step ahead of competitors

St George-owned Asgard Wealth Solutions has flagged a raft of initiatives to be rolled out later this year including improvements to AdviserNET, a new 'quasi equity' scheme for planners and an increased focus on Generation Y clients. These were just ...

Telstra Super form alliance with Trust

KATE HAGE  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2006
Telstra Super's Financial Planning arm has appointed Trust Company of Australia Limited to offer additional advice to its members. Under the agreement Trust will offer individual personal and financial advice to Telstra Super members, including an offer ...