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MFS launches new fund in property trusts and firms ties with Babcock & Brown

MFS Investment Management (MFSIM) has launched Optimiser One, a unit trust investing in both listed and unlisted property trusts. The fund will be fixed for a five-year term and offers a guaranteed first year return of 9.6 per cent for the first year. ...

Mercer's survey reveals employees slow to act on choice

Mercer's 2005 Benefits Outside the Square survey has revealed only 10 per cent of employees will most likely switch funds over the next two years however 73 per cent are unlikely or very unlikely to change funds. The survey included interviews with ...

FPA calls for regulation of property investment advice

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has called for a national regulatory system to protect property investors stating the current regimes do not offer the same protections available to financial investors. The FPA made the comments as part of giving ...

ASIC cracks down on early access to superannuation scheme

ASIC has acted against unlicensed superannuation adviser Troy Graetz and his companies Super Release Pty Ltd and Intelligent Super Pty Ltd from operating businesses promoting early access to superannuation. The action prevents Graetz from providing ...

$1.1 billion MBS issue by Members Equity Bank

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2005
A $1.1 billion securitisation for Members Equity Bank was priced on 15 April 2005, with demand causing a sharp uplift in the amount on issue. The Mortgage Backed Securitisations (MBS) issue was the second for Members Equity Bank's Superannuation Home ...

RetireInvest signs up franchisees to new agreement

RetireInvest has finally completed signing up its franchisee network to its new franchise agreement after months of talks with the franchisee's representative body, the Proprietor's Advisory Council (PAC). The new agreement was finalised late last year ...

APRA takes further action regarding HIH

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has disqualified George Sturesteps, a former senior executive with HIH, from holding office as a director or senior manager of a general insurer under the Insurance Act 1973. In his time with HIH ...

ATO relaxes SMSF reporting requirements

The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has relaxed the reporting requirements of both trustees and auditors of self-managed superannuation funds (SMSF). Under the current legislation SMSF trustees must document or record minutes of any decision in regard ...

JDV dismisses IWL offer

The board of on line share trading service provider JDV has recommended its shareholders reject IWL's offer to acquire their shares citing several reasons including the inadequacy of the offer price, the fact that any synergies resulting from the acquisition ...

Choice of super advice to be evaluated

ASIC has announced it will undertake a nation wide shadow shopping survey to assess the quality of advice being given to consumers as they prepare for their strategies under the choice of superannuation legislation to be introduced on 1 July 2005. The ...