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Macq appoints new WA business manager

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2007
Macquarie Adviser Services (MAS) has appointed former Skandia executive Rob Thompson as its new strategic business manager in Western Australia. Thompson has more than 17 years experience in the industry, and will be in charge of exploring new business ...

Going green means getting ahead: RepuTex

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2007
Going green has its advantages, and they don't just come in the form of a lighter conscience, according to RepuTex's latest index figures. The numbers show that in the year to date and over a five year period, RepuTex's RTX Environmental Growth Index ...

PDS more popular online: Vanguard

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2007
More than 50 per cent of Vanguard's retail investors are now choosing to download their PDS rather than request a print version, according to head of marketing, Colin Bold. "In some months more recently, we've had actually up to 60 per cent," he said. ...

HOSTPLUS finds its bare feet

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2007
HOSTPLUS is set to launch a range of new member education measures based around the famous "Barefoot Investor" Scott Pape, complete with an online website-driven strategy, a long-term campaign and member education seminars. The campaign, called Kerching ...

'Tis the season to be philanthropic

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2007
You can tell tax time is on the horizon when two new charitable giving products and one philanthropy workshop appear in the space of 48 hours. Goldman Sachs JBWere yesterday launched their Charitable Endowment Fund (CEF), allowing investors to donate ...

Private equity good for returns, not diversity: Watson Wyatt

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2007
Private equity is about high long-term returns but its ability to add diversification to a portfolio is limited, according to a recent Watson Wyatt report. The Watson Wyatt Private Equity Explained report said that private equity as an asset class ...

Aon renews vows with AIG

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2007
Aon Master Trust has signed a new three year agreement with AIG Life, extending the company's seven year partnership as group insurance partner. Aon's director of superannuation, Steve Gaffney, said working together, the two companies had reduced claims ...

Australia trailing towards the future

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2007
Despite all the positive talk, Australia's growth seriously lags behind the global average and is even more unimpressive given the mining boom we currently enjoy, according to futurist Neville Norman. Giving background to a discussion of Australia's ...

Massive inflows see new ideas

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2007
The Australian wealth management industry's embarrassment of riches is forcing a new way of thinking upon the industry, according to Rainmaker's Alex Dunnin. Speaking at the Rainmaker Information 13th Annual Marketing Symposium, Dunnin said that, with ...

B&B, Primelife form largest retirement fund

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2007
Primelife, Australia's largest retirement village provider, yesterday announced a joint venture with Babcock and Brown to create Australia's largest listed senior living specialist fund - Babcock & Brown Communities Group (BBC). Under the terms of the ...