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TOWER wins key mandates

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2009
... for the year and the process of transferring all group insurance to TOWER is progressing "extremely well". Besides its landmark contract with AustralianSuper, TOWER has also been appointed the group insurer of IBM, which has 11,000 members and around ...

FPA names Value of Advice winners

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2009
Peter Wilson from Strategic Wealth Management Solutions; Paul Little, Landmark Financial Management; Josef Stadler, PSK Financial Services and Chris Craggs from Argurion Financial Group have won the FPA's Value of Advice Awards. Wilson won the Financial ...

Giant leap for super advice

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2009
... the cost of financial advice is "hidden" or "embedded" within the product. John Brogden, IFSA chief executive, said the landmark Charter "puts the issue of commission behind us...and the product laid bare for the value it provides". What is critical ...

AMP circles AXA Asia Pacific

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2009
... directors have rejected AMP's $4 billion bid for AXA's Australian and New Zealand businesses, creating the first hurdle in a landmark deal that could, if it goes through, create a new Australian insurance and financial planning monolith. The proposal ...

Tax system should improve wellbeing: Henry

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2009
A landmark speech by Dr Ken Henry, head of Treasury, shows why he terrifies the financial services lobby - he believes the taxation system should be used to boost societal wellbeing rather than protect incumbency. Speaking yesterday at the Committee ...

Private investors on property buying spree

CBRE RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2009
... The number of sales (above $5.0 million each) also fell by 22 per cent over the same period, That said, there were some landmark transactions. Since January this year, a Brisbane property was sold for $173 million and a Melbourne office tower changed ...

Pockets of income in property

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2009
... Property Group notched a bargain when it purchased a CBD office centre known to Adelaide locals as the Black Stump - a landmark building that will underpin a new fund that promises a regular income distribution of at least 10 per cent per annum. The ...

James Hardie a case study on governance

ASIC RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2009
... Yesterday's civil proceedings against seven former non-executive directors and three former executives of James Hardie is a "landmark decision" in Australian corporate governance, said ASIC. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) ...

ANZ to become top four bank in Vietnam

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2008
... branches and expand services in Vietnam after receiving a licence of incorporation from the State Bank of Vietnam. The landmark move was witnessed by Vietnam Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, who both attended the ...

Back to basics for property

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2008
LandMark White Invest today unveilled the LMWI Diversified Property Fund - a debut offering that executes a low gearing, minimal risk approach to property investing. LMW Invest, a spin off from property valuation firm LandMark White group, secured the ...