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AXA term deposit up by 25 pct

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2008
AXA Australia saw a 25 per cent increase in term deposit investments after adding ANZ and Westpac Bank onto its Summit investment menu on 26 May this year. Investors can choose from 30, 90 or 130 day options and yearly options of one and two years with ...

Aspen appoints property CEO

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2008
Property investment and funds management firm, Aspen Group appointed Jonathan Timms to the newly created position of property chief executive. Prior to this appointment, Timms spent nine years in a number of senior roles within AMP Capital Investors' ...

Perpetual Series 3 still tax effective

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2008
Perpetual clarified the tax effectiveness of its Protected Investments - Series 3 after the federal government changed the interest rate deductibility of capital protected borrowings. The firm's Protected Investments - Series 3 allows investors to gear ...

ASIC bans Westpoint planner

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2008
The Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) banned Western Australian financial adviser David Liddicoat from providing financial services for three years after he misled clients on Westpoint investments. Liddicoat provided financial planning ...

Lehman Bros appoints ex-Grange Securities chief

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2008
Global investment bank Lehman Brothers appointed former Grange Securities chief executive Paul O'Halloran as head of investment management in Australia. Prior to this appointment, O'Halloran was chief executive at Lehman Brothers-owned Grange Securities. ...

FPA partners with Deakin

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2008
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) is one step further to improving adviser understanding on life insurance after partnering with Deakin University to develop an industry recognised life risk adviser program. The corporate education division of ...

UN PRI assets reach $15tr

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2008
The number of signatories to the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI) doubled in one year to 381 firms representing approximately $14.8 trillion in assets under management. At the UN PRI's annual conference, the PRI Report on ...

Oceanic and AIFA launch 13-wk FP course

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2008
A joint venture between Sydney based Oceanic Human Resources and the Australian Institute of Financial Services & Accounting (AIFA) is addressing the national financial planner shortage by creating a 13-week fast track planning course. The Professional ...

BT raises savings for term deposits

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2008
BT Financial Group raises the stakes in providing the best cash alternative for super investors after boosting its one-year term deposit rate by 30 basis points to 8.4 per cent. According to the firm, it increased its term deposit rate after roughly ...

Lincoln to launch more 'golden rule' funds

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2008
Melbourne-based Australian share research house Lincoln plans to use its tried-and-tested approach to launch three products across small caps, income and global equities in the next 12 to 18 months. Elio D'Amato, Lincoln chief executive, said the firm ...