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Allianz provides BankWest insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2008
BankWest and Allianz Finance signed a referral relationship whereby the West Australian banking group refers all new debtor finance customers to Allianz Finance. The deal means besides new debtor customers, existing debtor finance clients will been ...

BGI adds two more ETFs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2008
... providing Australian investors access to Brazil, Russia, India and China and the top 50 companies in Asia. The iShares MSCI BRIC provides access to more than 150 companies in the BRIC economies and the iShares S&P Asia 50 exposes investors to the 50 ...

Gen Y prizes property

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2008
Do it yourself (DIY) investors under the age of 40 are investing more in property than shares - but Gen Y's interest in the sector could have detrimental effects on their super contributions, a new survey shows. The RaboPlus DIY Investor Survey of 500 ...

China's growth sustainable: Wang

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2008
... Wang, China grand master and foreign investment consultant. Speaking at an Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and the BRIC+ Program forum yesterday, Wang said the China's extraordinary growth would not have been possible without government leadership ...

State Super awards $39m property mandate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2008
State Super has awarded Franklin Templeton a $39.2 million global direct property mandate in line with the super fund's strategy to invest in more overseas assets. Martin Drew, State Super chief investment officer, said the mandate is not a typical ...

ABN AMRO launches Altera

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2008
... with the security of a 100 per cent capital guarantee. The fund will provide exposure to Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC) markets, and will be open to Australian retail investors. Paul Cordeiro, Head of Retail Structured Products at ABN AMRO in ...

Hindsight strategy a winner: GSJBW

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2008
... across metals, energy and agriculture. In January, GSJBW launched the Keystone Funds - Series II, which included two funds: BRIC II and the Food, Feed, Fuel fund. Matt Stovold, GSJBW Asset Management executive director, said he expected Keystone Funds ...

Yellow Brick Road names COO

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2008
Specialist wealth management firm Yellow Brick Road has appointed Chandu Bhindi as chief operating officer. Chandu is an accountant with 20 years of banking and finance experience. He developed his early career with Westpac in its retail bank transformation ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2008
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open lower after US stocks slid as investors sold off financial shares on fears that funding for leveraged buyouts could dry up and hurt bank profits. Base metals were up in London. At 0702 AEDT on the Sydney ...

Property before super: IPSOS

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2008
Despite all the government and industry initiatives to encourage Australians to save money through their super, new research shows many name property as their preferred retirement savings plan. Speaking at a CMFS conference in Brisbane yesterday, research ...