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Max Super eyes FHSA market

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2008
Gen X and Y focused online super fund, max Super is developing its own version of the First Home Saver Account (FHSA). David Williams, head of max Super, said although it was unfortunate the government took the FHSA out of superannuation, it did present ...

NAB names new chief

WWW.THESHEET.COM, ASX STATEMENT  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2008
NAB has appointed Cameron Clyne, the chief executive of NAB-owned Bank of New Zealand, as its new group chief executive starting next year, ending media speculation on who would replace John Stewart for the top job. Stewart's departure this year is ...

Trust MD resigns

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2008
Jonathan Sweeney, managing director of listed financial services group Trust has resigned for personal reasons. The Trust Board has called executive search firm Spencer Stuart to fill the role. Sweeney will leave the company once a successor has been ...

Liontamer appoints Aus GM

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2008
Liontamer Investments appointed former Fidelity business development manager, Meaghan Unsworth, to general manager of Australia. Unsworth worked at Fidelity as head of adviser business development for three years, and prior to that, worked at Colonial ...

MLC adopts paraplanning referral service

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2008
Financial services firm MLC is dropping its paraplanning strategy with ThreeSixty and moving its financial planning service to a referral model. MLC set up ThreeSixty in 1999 and has been using the business for all its paraplanning requirements. This ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open lower today after US equities fell as investors grappled with renewed worries about the soundness of the financial sector. At 0729 AEST on the Sydney Futures exchange, the September share price index futures ...

Industry funds steering clear of FHSAs

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2008
The release this week of Australian Prudential Regulation Authority draft prudential standards for super funds that plan to offer first home saver accounts has confirmed the view of many fund trustees that the FHSA structure and regulatory framework ...

Liquidnet trading reaches $1 billion

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2008
Australian buy-side institutions traded more than $1 billion in domestic securities via the electronic marketplace, Liquidnet, since it's inception in February this year. Liquidnet facilitates institutional equities trading for various asset management ...

Instos rushing to infrastructure

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2008
Infrastructure has traditionally hovered at the outskirts of mainstream asset classes - but industry players are now putting more money into the sector as investors seek a safe haven from poor returns. According to RARE Infrastructure, institutional ...

Super funds to offer FHSAs

Eight super funds have expressed their intention to offer members with First Home Savers Accounts (FHSAs), according to a new survey. The survey, conducted by the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST), which represents over $450 billion ...