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Mariner launches Austock takeover bid

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2012
Listed investment firm Mariner Corporation has made a takeover bid on Austock Group at a slim 5% premium. Mariner yesterday informed the market that it intends to make an offer to Austock shareholders to acquire all issued shares. Mariner expects to ...

New accountants' licence hailed as win for affordable advice

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2012
The federal government's new conditional licensing regime for accountants has been applauded by professional bodies as a step to achieving broader access to financial advice. CPA Australia chief executive officer Alex Malley said the new rules are a ...

Philanthropy needs simpler support: Perpetual Private

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2012
Philanthropic giving in the last few years has been undervalued in Australia because of a disproportionate focus on tax structures and increased regulation on charitable vehicles such as private ancillary funds. Andrew Thomas, general manager - philanthropy ...

AMP Capital Investors restructure

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2012
AMP Capital Investors has restructured its equities portfolio management within the multi-manager team. Mary McLaughlin, portfolio manager for the AMPCI Responsible Investment Leaders (RIL) Share Fund has already left the group, departing last Tuesday ...

Premium China expands distribution team

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012
The need for an increase in adviser education on investing into the debt sector following last year's launch of the Premium Asia Income Fund has lead Premium China Funds Management to reconfigure its distribution team. The company has made two new hires ...

MLC property fund faces leadership change

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012
MLC global property securities fund portfolio manager Stuart Keighran is stepping down, according to research house Standard & Poor's. Keighran will relinquish his portfolio management responsibilities to Jonathan Armitage, head of equities and Australian ...

CommInsure adds to restructured advice team

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012
CommInsure has added to its newly restructured retail advice distribution team with the appointment of Ben Bancroft as national accounts manager. Tony Smith, former head of national accounts departed CommInsure for ClearView Wealth in February, prompting ...

FOFA passes as industry backs professionalism

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2012
Industry bodies have broadly welcomed yesterday's passage of the FOFA legislation through the Senate, with the focus on codes of conduct effectively setting up the industry for self-regulation amid the push towards professionalism and better consumer ...

PE firms Myanmar bound

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2012
Hong Kong-based private equity firm Bagan Capital is already spreading the word among institutional investors and high-net worth individuals about its newest fund dedicated entirely to the former pariah state of Myanmar. With a local securities exchange ...

UHNW take $720bn hit in 2011

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012
A 4.9% decline in the wealth of ultra-high net worth individuals saw the value of the entire high net worth sector contract by $US 700 billion in 2011. The fall is despite a 0.8% increase in the number of HNWIs, according to the latest RBC/Capgemini ...