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AXA revamps platform service

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2010
AXA Australia is preparing to move its existing $14 billion platform business to an enhanced platform that uses DST Global Solutions' Bluedoor technology. AXA plans to move the firm's existing client book to DST's Wealth.net platform, which already ...

Changes to borrowing brings peace of mind

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2010
... amend the tax law so trustees that enter into a limited recourse arrangement to purchase an asset will be treated as the owner of the asset for income tax purposes. "The changes will ensure that trustees of superannuation funds who have entered into ...

LGS to boost sustainability team

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2010
... Responsible Investment (UN PRI) and is a founding member of the Australian Council of Super Investors (ACSI) and a part owner of Regnan Governance & Engagement. LGS hired Mercer as its new asset consultant in September last year, replacing Intech Investments. ...

Babson closes five CLOs

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAR 2010
US fund manager Babson Capital Management has closed five collateralised loan obligations (CLOs) with more than US$1.7 ($1.9) billion under management. According to a press statement, Victoria Falls CLO, Diamond Lake CL., Clear Lake CLO, Summit Lake ...

Prudential back in town

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2010
Financial services giant Prudential will be the new owner of AIA Group (AIA), the Australasian life insurance businesses of AIG Group, in a deal worth US$35.5 billion - a move that potentially brings the Prudential name back in Australia after 12 years ...

RFM to bring cashflow back to Great Southern MIS

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2010
Breaking out from the usual tradition of failed managed investment schemes being wound up, the newly-appointed responsible entity of two Great Southern almond schemes are giving investors another option that could get them more of their capital back. ...

Adviser search leads to AFS

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2010
Financial advisers searching for independence and a better equity deal in the business are switching dealer groups to Australian Financial Services, according to Peter Daly, chief executive and managing director at the dealer group. Daly said the group's ...

Harvard puts property on sale

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2010
The $29 billion Harvard University endowment fund is looking to sell a slice of its $5 billion-plus real estate portfolio to lessen its exposure to embattled property markets. According to a Wall Street Journal report, the fund is looking to deploy ...

Guggenheim buys Security Benefit

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2010
US-based Guggenheim Partners has agreed to acquire Security Benefit, owner of Bennelong Funds Management's global equities provider, Security Global Investors. Security Benefit is the 100 per cent owner of Bennelong's global equities manager, SGI. The ...

FuturePlus operations head in shock exit

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2010
... declined the interview. But his departure comes at a tense time for FuturePlus, following reports early this year that its half-owner EISS put a proposal to the Treasury for a possible merger with its other half-owner LGSS - without LGSS' knowledge of ...