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AIF CIO jumps ship to Asciano

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2008
Australian Infrastructure Fund chief operating officer, Peter McGregor, announced his resignation yesterday as he prepares to assume the role of director, commercial at transport infrastructure company, Asciano. McGregor has also resigned as a director ...

Investors look east, Australia falls behind

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2008
Hong Kong has topped the list once more as the world's most liberal economy, boasting one of the best markets in the world for investors looking to capitalise on a free economy, suggests an annual report by the Heritage Foundation and the Wall Street ...

MFS director waves goodbye

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2008
Investors of property and tourism investment company MFS may be nervously waiting the decision on City Pacific's $830 million offer for the firm's funds management business, but one of the firm's non-executive director, Michael Hiscock, won't be staying ...

Life ban for adviser after altering codes

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2008
Disgraced Tasmania-based financial adviser Adam Grant has been permanently banned from providing financial services after being caught manipulating broker codes to siphon commission payments. ASIC banned Grant, who was employed with Shadforths Limited ...

Perpetual FUM falls by $700m

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2008
Diversified fund manager Perpetual Limited takes a $700 million hit in its funds under management (FUM) in December due to dampened investor sentiment. Perpetual announced that its FUM at the end of last year totalled $37.2 billion - 1.9 per cent lower ...

Macq wrap adds 12 more funds

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2008
Macquarie Wrap today announced that it has included 12 new investment funds across its various platforms during December, bringing the total number of funds to approximately 640. Of significant note is the addition of seven Russell Investment Group ...

Govt urges auto-rolling of $9.7bn lost super

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2008
The Minister for Superannuation and Corporate Law, Nick Sherry, has suggested an automatic rollover system for lost super to help reduce the number of unclaimed super accounts, which now stands at nearly $10 billion. He urged the Federal Government ...

CFS adds muscle to distribution team

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2008
Colonial First State has embarked on the next phase of its specialist distribution strategy, recently announcing a staff boost to its distribution team. "About year ago, we agreed to implement a specialist distribution approach to our business. As products ...

The 93pc tax sting

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2008
No one really likes the taxman, but the threat of being taxed up to 93 per cent on your super elevates the dread to a whole new level. Corporate super fund Plum Financials Services has warned that the government's new Better Super may increase the chance ...

A fresh take on deductible contributions

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2008
Tax deductibility on personal super contributions has long been a bone of contention among many Australians but a superannuation specialist thinks there's a simpler way to approach the subject. Macquarie Adviser Services head of technical services ...