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Equipsuper to merge with Vision Super

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2010
Equipsuper and Vision Super have announced a proposal to merge - creating an $8.6 billion fund with more than 150,000 members. A joint press statement was released today regarding a proposal to merge on 1 July 2013. Based on today's figures, the merged ...

ASIC targets alleged Ponzi scheme

ASIC RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2010
ASIC has obtained court orders freezing $14.6 million in assets of four men from Victoria and Western Australia, due to concerns about the possible operation of a Ponzi-style scheme. The orders are against Peter van de Steeg, Jonathan Ezzy, Peter Berlowitz ...

Social Impact Property fund takes wings

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2010
Investors looking for property investments while giving back to the community at the same time should consider the newly launched Social Impact Property Fund. The SIPF was launched as part of Social Investments Australia (SIA), and aims to provide wholesale ...

Infocus plans further expansion

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2010
Planning firm Infocus Wealth Management is on track to recruit 20 new adviser offices this financial year and looks to add another 20 by the end of June next year. Darren Steinhardt, managing director of Queensland-headquartered Infocus Wealth Management ...

Local councils set to recover more from Lehman

PIPER ALDERMAN RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2010
Local councils that invested in Lehman CDOs won a small victory this week after a court judgment that could allow them to recover more of their money back from the collapsed firm. The High Court has dismissed an appeal against the judgment of the Federal ...

ING boosts life risk team

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2010
ING Australia has appointed three senior manager positions in claims, operations and underwriting within its life risk division. Emlyn Pugh has been appointed national claims manager, Michael Williams as national operations manager and Jeff Gourlie ...

BNY hires insto BDM

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2010
BNY Mellon Asset Management has appointed Andrew Phillips as director of institutional business in Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and Western Australia. Prior to joining the firm, Phillips worked at RiskMetrics Group in Singapore as director, Asia ...

TOWER hires sales manager

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2010
TOWER Australia has appointed former Aviva Victoria/Tasmania state sales manager, Craig Parker, as a sales manager for the same states. Patrick O'Connor, head of distribution at TOWER Australia, said Parker's appointment highlighted the insurance firm's ...

When old news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2010
Wall Street must have gotten up on the right side of the bed today. Well the Dow has been in 10 of the past 11 trading days. But last night, it was more cheerful. The pace of the Dow's upward march nearly doubled - closing almost 1 per cent higher on ...

Ex Macquarie broker pleads guilty

ASIC RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2010
Former Macquarie Equities broker Newton Chan has pleaded guilty to eight counts of market manipulation. Chan of Balwyn, Victoria, pleaded guilty to market manipulation contrary to section 1041A of the Corporations Act 2001. The charges, brought by the ...