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Fin Wisdom shuffles team

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2007
Financial Wisdom Premium's Victorian and Tasmanian regional manager, Tim Van Leeuwen, has become national operations manager, after previous head Matthew Brown took on additional responsibilities at Colonial First State. Van Leeuwen has been in the ...

VFMC infrastructure fund takes flight

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2007
Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC) has joined the move by superannuation funds to direct infrastructure investment by acquiring a 19.6 per cent stake in Birmingham International Airport. The A$1 billion purchase, in partnership with the Ontario ...

HBOS promotes Aussie chief

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2007
HBOS Australia's wealth and insurance arm, St Andrew's Australia, chief executive John Van Der Wielen, has been appointed director of distribution for HBOS' insurance and investment division in the UK as a reward for his work in Australia. Van Der Wielen ...

Super funds to invest direct into infrastructure

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2007
The recent surge in superannuation inflows could push funds into direct infrastructure investment, according to Gabriel Szondy, managing director of the Centre for Investor Education. With contributions last financial year up between 23 and 35 per cent ...

Property developer gets two years jail

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2007
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has successfully prosecuted a Mount Eliza property developer for duping 49 investors in a property development out of $14 million. Melbourne Country Court sentenced former property developer ...

IOOF shifts paperwork online

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2007
IOOF will make all it forms and reports available online over the next six months to appease adviser demand. Head of strategy and product, Nick Everingham, said the application forms would be made available "in the next few weeks", while the remainder ...

IOOF plays fair with fee discounts

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2007
IOOF has opened the door to offer its fee aggregation discount service to same-sex couples. The policy change came about after a single enquiry, said head of strategy and product, Nick Everingham. Just last week, Everingham said they had someone apply ...

SimCorp wins Schroders SG

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2007
Schroders Investment Management in Singapore is the latest manager to join SimCorp's growing client list in the Australia-Pacific region after this week signing a deal to take on Simcorp's Dimension as their information management platform. "It's a ...

Erste Bank signs SimCorp for fund platform

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2007
SimCorp Dimension has scored a major coup after it signed a funds management and administration IT contract with Erste Bank, one of the largest financial services group in Central and Eastern Europe. The Austrian banking giant will use SimCorp as its ...

SA posts record planner growth

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2007
The number of financial planners recruited in South Australia have risen over the past year eclipsing the growth rate in other states, according to eJobs Financial Planning. The survey found that the number of financial planner job advertisements in ...