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New fund launched for wealthy migrants

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013
The 888 Fund has been established to offer an investment product tailored to meet the needs of wealthy investors wishing to migrate to Australia. The fund is aimed at entrepreneurs and business people - primarily in China - who wish to move to Australia ...

Slow growth and regulatory burden top insurance industry fears

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2013
Macroeconomic trends, a slow growth rate in an environment of lower asset returns and stricter regulation are the biggest risks to the insurance industry, according to a new report from Ernst & Young (EY). In Business Pulse: Exploring the dual perspectives ...

Lonsec shuts door on rating 'shopping' with new rankings

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2013
Research house Lonsec has added two new ratings, including one which gives greater transparency for instances where a product is removed from the rating process - a practice used by managers to avoid unfavourable ratings. From 1 July, new Australian ...

Former ING DIRECT BDM joins EBX

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2013
Former ING DIRECT national business development manager Carolan Ibbotson has joined Endowment Bond Exchange (EBX) as senior business development manager. Ibbotson will manage the marketing of Endowment Bond Exchange to advisory practices in Queensland ...

ACCC postpones Perpetual and Trust merger ruling

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2013
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has delayed making a decision on Perpetual's proposed takeover of The Trust Company to allow Perpetual to provide it with extra information. The decision date was previously slated for 11 July ...

ASIC urged to extend 'wet signatures' exemption

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) should consider extending its relief of the need for 'wet signatures' on product disclosure statements (PDS) for the ASX Managed Funds Service (AMFS) to the wider industry to increase access ...

More than 8,000 advisers using IRESS XPLAN

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013
More than 8,000 advisers have opted for IRESS' XPLAN-CommPay solution to meet the Fee Disclosure Statement (FDS) requirements brought in by the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms, the software provider has said. According to IRESS, the 'vast ...

LUCRF Super extends Community Partnership Trust to SA

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013
Australia's first industry super fund, LUCRF Super has launched its LUCRF Community Partnership Trust in South Australia. Senator Anne McEwen officially launched the Community Partnership Trust in Port Adelaide on 2 July. She announced Western Youth ...

CBA grows advice research team with new hire

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2013
Commonwealth Bank (CBA) has expanded its Advice Research team to six with the appointment of Rohan Aggarwal as research analyst. He will work closely with the senior analysts in the team to help deliver the Advice Research team's key functions. These ...

First State Super launches rebrand

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2013
Health Super will sit under the First State Super brand name, following a transition period after its 2011 merger with the fund. Since the merger, both brands have been used to promote the merged fund but chief executive Michael Dwyer said he felt the ...