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Evolution of super

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2008
Ne'er the twain shall meet but retail fund chief Brian Bissaker from Colonial First State and industry fund chief Ian Silk from Australian Super, shared centre stage to talk about how the industry can best serve financial planners, its members and the ...

SSgA wins $200m hedge fund replication mandate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2008
State Street Global Advisors has been selected by UK-based Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) to manage a $200 million hedge fund replication mandate. The Hedge Fund Beta Replication Strategy replicates the average performance of a group of hedge ...

City Pac dumps MFS deal

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2008
City Pacific has announced that it is pulling the breaks on its offer to buy MFS Limited. According to a statement released on the ASX yesterday, City Pacific chief executive Phil Sullivan said that the Board of City Pacific has resolved that "it will ...

Ray White snaps up Woolies property

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2008
While the Australian LPT sector continues to hover at a precipice of continuing falls, specialist fund managers with cash to spare are now at the vanguard of new acquisitions - with some even picking up a shopping centre or two along the way. Specialist ...

Aviva buys Meritum stake

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2007
Aviva Australia has purchased a shareholding stake in Melbourne-based Meritum Financial Group. Established in 2004, Meritum Financial Group (Meritum) has more than 80 advisers and more than $2.6 billion in funds under advice. "This acquisition is important ...

ASFA awards Who's Who

... campaign Plum Financial Services for their Escalator Program First State Super for their email marketing strategy 2006-07 Merit Awards Ipac Securities for their Strategic Service Transfer legalsuper for their Government co-contributions campaign Vision ...

Magnitude appoints new head

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2007
Magnitude Financial Planning has appointed Scot Andrews into the new role of practice delivery manager in Merit Wealth. The role will require Andrews to provide dealer support services to the Merit Financial Planning network. Andrews previously served ...

Senate C'tee rebuffs calls to lower foreign withholding tax

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2007
... report's rebuff went further. "The committee considers that the approach suggested by IFSA at the public hearing has some merit, but believes that this should only be implemented through double tax treaties." IFSA has, however, signalled that this is ...

Meritum gets its advisers online

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2007
Meritum today announced the implementation of Dealer Management System's (DMS) Advisor Online management and activity reporting software across its 90 dealer network. The system allows advisers to view the value and progress of their commission payments ...

Mariner buying up in Germany

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2007
Mariner has acquired four premium office buildings in Germany, ahead of the launch of a Mariner German Property Trust later this year. The four buildings, located in Berlin, Kassel, Nuremburg and Ashheim-Dornach, represent the company's first venture ...