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Yellow Brick Road drops acquisition strategy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2009
Yellow Brick Road, the financial planning business developed by Wizard Home Loans founder Mark Bouris, has dumped its acquisition strategy for an organic growth branch model - with the aim to open 150 practices in three years. Bouris said the business' ...

LPTs recover and show value

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2009
Australia's listed property trust (LPT) sector has jumped over 13 per cent in the three months to May and could provide a good value play for financial planning clients if you're prepared to do your homework. Louis Christopher, head of property at Adviser ...

IFS adds three super funds

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2009
Industry Funds Services (IFS) has added the Sisters of Mercy Staff Superannuation, AUST(Q) and CONNECT Super to its client list. David Haynes, general manager at IFS, said the three super funds had signed on this year. This comes after Industry Fund ...

NZ Super takes mandates in-house

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2009
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund is dropping investment mandates with ING and Smartshares and taking them in-house. The fund announced the changes to improve flexibility, cut costs and is part of the fund's focus on having direct participation in ...

Shareholder activism misses the mark

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2009
Super fund and investment manager activism against listed company boards is misdirected, according to a corporate governance expert. Speaking at the Investment Management Consultants Association (IMCA), Lynn Ralph, managing director at Cameron Ralph ...

AMP planners to use Lonsec and van Eyk

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2009
... partners. The announcement follows consultation with planners and a tender process. AMP Financial Planning managing director Michael Guggenheimer said the AMP Financial Planning product research team will now have increased access to investment analysts ...

Healthcare, utilities and EMs top FM list

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2009

MLC recruits ex-UBS GAM chief

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2009
MLC has appointed former UBS Global Asset Management chief executive Australia, Colin Woods, as general manager of the firm's sales division. Woods previously worked at UBS Global Asset Management in Asia across a number of roles, which besides chief ...

Vanguard ETFs hit $20m mark

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2009
Vanguard Investment Australia's three exchange traded funds (ETFs) have attracted $20 million in just two months. Robin Bowerman, head of retail at Vanguard Investments Australia, said while figures are yet to be finalised, the Australian equities ETF ...

Aussies lag behind in PRI implementation

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2009
Many Australian and New Zealand signatories to the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI) are lagging behind their overseas counterparts on implementing the principles, according to a progress report. The UN PRI Report on Progress ...