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AMP circles AXA Asia Pacific

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2009
... "The proposed transaction would strengthen AMP's competitive capability in a consolidating market and create the fifth pillar in a new financial services landscape," said Craig Dunn, chief executive at AMP. "As a combined business we would be in a stronger ...

Super should not be compulsory: Cox

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2009
... because they have emphasised the three pillars. "Unfortunately this industry tends to emphasise only the superannuation pillar - you are far too powerful, far too noisy and far too well financed, to ask the questions that need to be raised about the ...

Four pillars of a good hedge fund: Ashton

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2009
Nick Raphaely, executive director of Ashton Advisors, which has links to the highly successful Paulson funds in the US, said Paulson's four pillars of running a solid hedge fund stems from a transparent model that focuses on independence. Raphaely comments ...

VTP appoints two more directors

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2009
Listed investment company van Eyk Three Pillars (VTP) has appointed Stuart Nisbett, a former top executive at ANZ and Rothschild, and John Vatovec, previously a fund manager at Lowy Family Group, as board members. The appointments come less than two ...

Shareholders remove van Eyk Three Pillars board

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2009
Dixon advisory group director Alan Dixon said the outcome of today's van Eyk Three Pillars EGM, which saw majority of shareholders vote the current VTP board out, is a triumph for the "small" shareholders. Nearly 60 million of the 80 million-plus votes ...

Population explosion to reshape wealth and pension

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2009
... Brogden in a media statement. "IFSA maintains that the best way to alleviate the fiscal cost of an aging population to Pillar 1 (the Age Pension) is to enhance and accelerate both Pillar 2 (mandatory SG) and Pillar 3 (voluntary) contributions to retirement ...

Switching super funds on the rise: survey

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2009
... this rising potential to switch super funds is at odds with member trends found at superannuation administration provider, Pillar Administration. In March this year, Peter Beck, chief executive at Pillar Administration, said the number of calls received ...

Dixon and van Eyk stand-off

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2009
Tension mounts between ASX-listed firm van Eyk Three Pillars (VTP) and Dixon Advisory as a proposal to replace the entire VTP board due to poor performance escalates into a bigger debate about how, exactly, should Listed Investment Companies (LIC) maximise ...

Pillar tenders for RBF-TAS deal

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2009
Pillar Administration is tendering to provide administration services to RBF Tasmania, which had $3 billion in funds at the end of June last year. RBF-TAS is in the process of selecting its new administrator. The fund currently manages its administration ...

ASIC lifts restrictions on intra-fund advice

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2009
... provides advice for as low as $300, drawing on its scale to cut its costs. Yet according to data from super admin provider Pillar, the number of call centre super queries despite the GFC dropped last year compared to 2008. Where the new ASIC relief becomes ...