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Navigator broadens its horizons

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2007
Navigator has announced its largest ever fund list increase, with 26 new funds available across the Navigator Personal Retirement Plan and the Personal Investment Plan. Responding to interest in more conservative, less accumulation-focused funds, Navigator ...

ASIC and Citigroup lock horns on insider trading

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has filed civil penalty proceedings in the Federal Court against Citigroup Global Markets Australia in a landmark case on alleged insider trading activities. Back in August 2005, Citigroup ...

Praemium expands SMA reach into UK with Capita

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2007
Managed accounts technology provider Praemium, through its UK subsidiary, has signed a deal with Capita to offer separately managed accounts (SMAs) to UK independent financial advisers, wealth managers and financial institutions. SMAs are like super ...

Bank interest comparison rate on way out

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2007
Just as superannuation advocates from the low-cost segment have been promoting more standardised fee measures, the model for which was the banking sector's 'comparison rate', it looks like the banking sector is set to dump its comparison measure after ...

ML Private Clients group partners with US community bank

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2007
Merrill Lynch is partnering with US community bank Carver Bancorp in New York to offer investment products and financial advice directly to residents in Harlem and Brooklyn through the installation of financial booths in bank branches that will be staffed ...

Houses at half price

Families priced out of the property market can avail of a new product that only requires them to stump up 50 per cent of the cost of property. St George bank and property group Australand have banded together to offer a 'co-ownership plan', a type of ...

Baby boomers in good shape

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2007
Baby boomers are in a relatively strong financial position for retirement and have more options available than ever before, according to a new report. The 16th AMP.NATSEM Income and Wealth Report, Baby boomers - doing it for themselves report, released ...

Private equity lending restrained at Westpac

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2007
Westpac Institutional Bank group executive Phil Chronican spelled out the bank's approach to providing leverage finance to private equity groups at an investor briefing this week. The bank has been active in supporting private equity transactions "that ...

JUST SUPER hits high note

NICK OLIVER  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2007
JUST SUPER, the industry superannuation fund for arts, entertainment and media professionals, has announced that five leading symphony orchestras have nominated the fund as their default. The orchestras selected JUST SUPER following a joint tender process. ...

Senate passes super changes

The Simplified Super legislation has passed through the Senate with the Federal Opposition supporting the changes. Under the legislation superannuation benefits paid from a taxed fund will be tax-free for people aged over 60 and reasonable benefit limits ...