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Westpoint Recovery Fund still in pursuit

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2006
Ian Bristow, trustee of the Westpoint Recovery Fund and managing director of Money Matters Financial Solutions, said he intends to maintain the legal pursuit of Westpoint directors, KPMG and eventually the regulator. Bristow issued a terse statement ...

SG Hiscock scores four stars from S&P

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2006
The EQT SGH Property Income Fund (retail and wholesale) and SGH Professional Investor Property Securities Trust have been awarded four star ratings from Standard & Poor's. SG Hiscock & Company was one of eight managers who received the four star S&P ...

Company directors arrested on theft charges

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2006
Two former directors of the Personalised Finance Solutions group of companies (PFS Group) have been bailed to appear in court later this month on charges relating to the theft of $930,000 from investors. Victorian Police executed warrants for the arrest ...

Sovereign MF building up its aged care portfolio

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2006
Boutique property funds manager and developer Sovereign MF has acquired a $5.2 million aged care facility for its Sovereign Viculus Aged Care Property Fund. The Evanelia by the Sea aged care facility is located in Parkdale, Victoria, and is made up ...

Chairperson of Super Complaints Tribunal reappointed

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2006
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer Chris Pearce announced that Graham McDonald has been reappointed as Chairperson of the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal. McDonald has been reappointed for two more years, beginning 15 December 2006. Pearce ...

CBA rolls out new business banking channel

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2006
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) has unveiled CommBiz, a new online banking channel for business, corporate and institutional clients which it hopes will underpin its 2007 business banking strategy. The launch of CommBiz comes after CBA chief ...

BankWest moves up the rankings

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2006
BankWest will end 2006 as the seventh largest retail deposits bank in the country overtaking Suncorp, according to Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) figures. David Rose, head of marketing and products, said the jump up the ladder, the ...

Stringent orders for winding up of Sovereign fund

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2006
The Supreme court of Queensland has denied an Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) application for an independent liquidator to be appointed to wind up the Sovereign Prudential Fund. Sovereign Capital, the responsible entity of the ...

CFS raises its glass to $30b for FirstChoice

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 DEC 2006
Colonial First State is ending the year on a high as its FirstChoice platform clocks up $30 billion in funds under administration with growth of 50 per cent over the calendar year. Brian Bissaker, chief executive officer, puts the growth down to the ...

ABN AMRO adds two to team

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 DEC 2006
ABN AMRO Asset Management has appointed a new chief operating officer and a compliance and risk analyst. Former head of Advance Asset Management's product and operations division, Keryn Farrell, will join ABN AMRO Asset Management as chief operating ...