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Mercer appoints India MD

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2008
Mercer has appointed Padma Ravichander as managing director of the firm's Bangalore-based operations. Ravichander previously worked at IT services company, Perot Systems as president and managing director for India and Asia Pacific and has also held ...

SMSFs take up instalment warrants

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2008
Instalment warrants will become more widely used by self managed super fund (SMSF) trustees as they become familiar with the strategy and banks start providing more products that enable them to do so, according to SuperConcepts. Graeme Colley, ING Australia ...

Perpetual to expand product line

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2008
Perpetual is looking to roll out more income and structured products to meet growing adviser demand as it concludes its restructure next week. Damian Crowley, Perpetual general manager of adviser distribution, said although there had been legislation ...

ASIC's Westpoint action faces delay

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2008
ASIC's $245 million case against Westpoint hits a snag after the Federal Court ruled the regulator did not have the power to carry on proceedings started by Westpoint's liquidators. In November last year, ASIC announced proceedings against Westpoint's ...

Everest B&B wins $200m Sunsuper mandate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2008
Sunsuper awarded Everest Babcock & Brown a $200 million mandate to construct an absolute return fund for the super fund. Jeremy Reid, Everest Babcock & Brown chief executive, said the Sunsuper mandate represented the firm's first Australian institutional ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2008
... futures contract added 61 points to 5,332 on a total volume of 13,544 contracts. Austock Securities senior client adviser Michael Heffernan said the market's strong performance, led by the banks, may be an indication of what is to expected at the end ...

TAAM signs TPC for Asia fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2008
Treasury Asia Asset Management (TAAM) partnered with distribution firm, The Private Collection (TPC) to promote its new Asia Fund to dealer groups and advisers and educate them on the region's investment opportunities. Peter Sartori, TAAM chief investment ...

Rabo planning expands to QLD

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2008
Rabobank's financial planning division, Rabo Financial Advisors (RFA), purchased Queensland based advice firm, Dayas Financial Services in line with its strategy to grow its presence in Australia. The purchase means RFA will own Dayas Financial Services' ...

Magnitude appoints chief

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2008
Former Westpac Financial Planning NSW head of advice, Sean Allen has been appointed chief executive of BT Financial Group's financial advice business, Magnitude Financial Planning. Allen previously held a number of senior roles at HSBC, Commonwealth ...

China's growth sustainable: Wang

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2008
Strong leadership, effective planning and a willingness to learn from Western economies guarantees the Chinese economy's growth is sustainable and will continue to flourish, according to Dr Xisu Wang, China grand master and foreign investment consultant. ...