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NGS awards $150m mandate to Solaris

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2008
Non-Government Schools Super has awarded a $150 million mandate to boutique fund manager Solaris Investment Management after retracting its initial offer to Suncorp. NGS Super initially awarded the mandate to Suncorp last November but jumped ship when ...

IFFP diverts commissions to charity

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2008
Industry Funds Financial Planning (IFFP) is donating sales commissions that cannot be rebated back to clients to an Indian charity project called Too Young to Work. Established in 1997, Too Young to Work aims to support education in India by building ...

Dinosaur fund taxes should be scrapped: Bowen

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2008
Australia's managed funds industry may soon undergo a major tax revamp as Assistant Treasurer Chris Bowen calls for the Board of Taxation to review taxation arrangements applying to the sector. Minister Bowen told an Investment and Financial Services ...

Vision Super teams up with CommInsure

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2008
Vision Super has partnered with CommInsure to provide a customised income protection insurance product for its members. The super fund will continue to provide death and disability cover to its members through an internal product. However, CommInsure ...

Macq launches Property Lever

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2008
Macquarie Bank has developed the Macquarie Property Lever, a geared residential property product tailored for self-managed super funds (SMSFs). The product allows SMSF trustees to borrow 55 per cent of the purchase price to buy a residential property ...

Toolsets by managers, for managers

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2008
Global fund management software provider, Impact Investing, builds a strong case on how fund managers can improve their returns and showcase their investment process much easier to prospective investors. Enda Mahoney, the group's new managing director ...

Govt extends tax exemptions for terminally ill

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2008
The Federal Government has extended the superannuation tax exemption given to terminally ill Australians from the previous date of 12 September to the earlier date of 1 July 2007. At present, those under 55 years of age are taxed 20 per cent when they ...

Fraudulent advisers caught

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2008
Two Sydney men have been charged and found guilty by the Australian Securities and Investment Commissions (ASIC) for a combined 11 charges of fraud and delivering false financial advice. The two so called "advisers", Tunde Doja from Sydney and Mohammad ...

WHK expands Sydney and Queensland business

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2008
Listed financial planning firm, WHK Group, has snapped up another Mortgage Choice franchise via their deal with risk insurance firm Diamond Life Financial Services in its latest endeavors to expand the WHK business. WHK acquired Mortgage Choice and ...

Green light on First Home Saver

The new government has delivered on its key election promise of addressing housing affordability when it established the 'First Home Saver Account' - a package of tax concessions and government contributions to help young Australians and low income ...