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Aviva matches green rebates

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2008
Aviva Australia employees could receive an extra $300 in their pay cheque after the firm announced it is matching the state and federal government's water efficiency and renewable energy rebates. Aviva analyst programmer, Barry Holmes, has already recieved ...

Omega recruits head of operations

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2008
Omega Global Investors has appointed Andrew Dunlevie as its head of operations. Dunlevie will be responsible for developing and implementing operations strategy for the business, its product range and investment solutions. He joins Omega, which is partly ...

IFM boosts stake in Ecogen

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2008
Industry Funds Management (IFM) bought the remaining 72.6 per cent equity stake in gas electricity firm, Ecogen Holdings from Babcock & Brown Power for $80.9 million. IFM has been an investor in the firm since 2003 and now completely owns the business ...

VISSF turns 50

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2008
The Victorian Independent Schools Superannuation Fund (VISSF) is celebrating 50 years of providing financial retirement services to its members. VISSF was set up in 1958, long before superannuation became a standard employment requirement. It formed ...

LUCRF makes history

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2008
The superannuation industry doesn't often talk about its history but 2008 marks a century since the introduction of age pensions and thirty years since the birth of LUCRF, Australia's first modern super fund. The revolution began a century ago when ...

ASIC bans three Westpoint planners

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2008
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) banned three more financial planners involved in misleading clients on Westpoint products from providing financial services. The regulator banned New South Wales based Timothy Harrison from ...

Telstra's McCredden joins UniSuper

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2008
Terry McCredden, the previous chief executive of Telstra Super, is soon to head a fund twice the size of his former employer when he joins $24 billion super fund, UniSuper. McCredden served as chief executive of Telstra Super Pty Ltd since 1990 and ...

Austock launches planning arm

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2008
Austock Group branches out of stockbroking and into financial planning after poaching three former Ord Minnett Financial Planning advisers to join the group. Austock Financial Planning will open for business on June 16 after five former Ord Minnett ...

Unemployment stays steady

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2008
The number of people employed in Australia fell nearly 20,000 during May but the unemployment rate has remained steady on 4.2 per cent. The ABS has just reported the latest Labour Force figures and they show almost no change in the key metrics of participation ...

Population hits 21.2 million

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2008
Australia's population is now 21.2 million after growing 1.6 per cent in the year to December. During the year 285,000 people were born, 138,000 died, and a net 184,000 people moved to Australia. Natural population increases due to births less deaths ...