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Huge opportunity is higher risk recovery stocks: Southeastern

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012
... Australian investors is Hochtief, the German domiciled construction and infrastructure company. Hochtief is the majority owner of Leighton Holdings as well as a 5% owner of the Sydney airport. Additionally, the company owns US construction companies ...

Huge opportunity in untapped business insurance

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012
... Planning's Peter Hartnell. Hartnell, a risk product specialist with more than 50 years experience, says that the business owner market is totally untapped in Australia because advisers lack the confidence to seize the opportunity it presents. The key ...

AMP infra fund takes 49% airport stake

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2012
AMP Capital's Strategic Infrastrucure Trust of Europe (SITE) has purchased a 49% stake in NIAL Group Limited, the owner of Newcastle airport in England. AMP Captial purchased its stake from Copenhagen Airports A/S. Seven UK local authorities will retain ...

Importance of company culture overlooked

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2012
... and want to leave you," she explained. "For any business that wants to stand on its own two feet and not be all about the owner, culture is critical to its success. "Too many business owners are too busy doing their 'stuff' that they do not take time ...

Infocus CEO steps down

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2012
Infocus has named Rod Bristow as the new chief executive officer, following the firm's founder and managing director's Darren Steinhardt decision to step down from the role. Darren Steinhardt is stepping down from the role to focus and direct his energies ...

BNP Paribas appoints relationship management head

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2012
... BNP Paribas Securities Services has appointed Katherine Seymour as head of head of relationship management for its 'asset owner' clients in Australia, it was announced yesterday. Seymour assumes responsibility for the team managing relationships and ...

Govt to pay interest on lost Super funds

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2012
The government has taken steps to ease the corrosive impact of fees and inflation on funds left in forgotten super accounts with new measures announced in its mid-year Budget update. The government has raised the threshold below which funds in inactive ...

Future Fund 'under-resourced' on climate risks

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012
Still smarting over a Senate Committee gruelling over its tobacco investments, the Future Fund - the largest fund in Australia - is being accused of insufficient transparency over climate-change risk mitigation within its portfolio. A FOI search two ...

AFA: Productivity Commission caves in to Shorten's pressure

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012
The Productivity Commission has succumbed to Shorten's pressure and let all Australian workers down, according to the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA). The Productivity Commission's (PC) final report into default superannuation arrangements ...

Super fund launches mobile site

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2012
Professional Associations Super has launched a new mobile site for members of Recruitment Super, Accountants Super and Australian Enterprise Super enabling them to access information about their superannuation account via their mobile phone. The move ...