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Super funds back aircraft fund

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2008
... airlines around the world. Our focus remains on sourcing good quality assets and sound credit counterparties. Meanwhile Michael Weiss, IGAF's London-based chief executive, has rushed to reassure investors who might be concerned with the debt financing ...

Protect super savings: PwC survey

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2008
The Australian Securities Investments Commission (ASIC) and the financial services industry must work together to find better ways to protect superannuation savings, according to the PricewaterhouseCoopers Investment Management CEO survey 2008. The ...

ANZ appoints key staff in Asia

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2008
ANZ appointed former St George Bank insurance managing director, Sean West to managing director, wealth Asia. West has significant wealth management experience across operations, product development, business development, distribution and advice. Prior ...

eWrap veteran unveils free planning tool

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2008
The man behind Asgard Wealth Solutions' eWrap, former project director, Jan Kolbusz has resurfaced and developed decimal - a free website that allows financial planners to quickly make a statement of advice (SoA). Managing director of decimal, Kolbusz ...

Apostle fund raises $30m

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2008
Apostle Asset Management's Global Small-Mid Cap fund successfully raised $30 million from an institutional investor in just over three months. The fund comprises of two fund managers, Highclere Global International Investors and Vaughan Nelson Investment ...

AXA hires three planning managers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2008
AXA Australia is ramping up its financial advice growth, appointing three regional development managers. Avon Allen was appointed Queensland regional development manager and Peter Boston will take a role as New South Wales regional development manager. ...

AXA Aus funds fall 11 pc

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2008
AXA Australia's funds under management, administration and advice dropped 11 per cent to $75.5 billion for the six months to the end of June, with falls in fund inflows and the value of new business. The firm posted a 20 per cent drop in inflows to ...

V-Wrap sales sky rocket

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2008
Praemium's online portfolio administration service, V-Wrap attracted a record number of new sales in the past two months, increasing by 20 and 30 per cent in June and July respectively compared to the same period's last year. Arthur Naoumidis, Praemium ...

New super book for indigenous mob

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2008
The federal government welcomed the new edition of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) indigenous superannuation booklet, Super and Us Mob. Created in 2006, the free booklet uses real life work examples of indigenous people to ...

Bad markets to test boutiques

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2008
It's the right time to search for quality investment boutiques, as investment managers are able to prove their stock picking skills and test their investment strategy against volatile equity markets, according to Russell Investment Group. James McSkimming ...