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Manage your retirement: Greenspan

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2007
Former US Federal Reserve Chairman Dr Alan Greenspan said US Government social security and Medicare liabilities would be hard to meet and baby boomers worldwide needed to be more active in their retirement preparations. Dr Greenspan was the keynote ...

LIFT's SMSF gearing product on the up

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2007
Independent financial services group LIFT Capital's unique SuperLIFT Self Managed Super Funds (SMSF) gearing product is less than a year old, but is already used by almost 80 adviser groups. The product, designed to take advantage of the $1m personal ...

ING set to ride structured credit wave

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2007
ING Investment Management (INGIM) has launched a new diversified, high-yield leveraged investments product - INGIM Global Yield Maximiser. The product intends to ride the wave of growth in structured credit in particular, and will invest in a range ...

AFS increases stake in Salisbury

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2007
AFS has acquired a 'strategic stake' The Salisbury Group (TSG) dealership, adding 30 financial planning practices to its books and expanding its Funds Under Advice (FUA) to $6 billion. The full extent of the increase is unclear, as AFS chief executive ...

NZ Super appoints COO

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2007
Mark Fennell, currently company secretary of The Warehouse Group, will become the chief operating officer of the Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation from 16 July. The Warehouse Group is a large New Zealand based discount store operator, with over ...

Barclays to buy ABN AMRO

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2007
Barclays has agreed to purchase rival ABN AMRO in a US$91 billion deal, creating the world's largest asset manager and the eighth largest wealth manager, with 47 million customers. However, reports emerged yesterday of a possible rival bid from the ...

FinLit programs damaging schools

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2007
Teaching financial literacy in primary schools simply adds clutter to an already overcrowded curriculum, said Leonie Trimper, president of the Australian Primary Principals Association (APPA). Citing examples of US schools being forced to cancel morning ...

PIS Beijing office a world first

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2007
Australia's largest financial advisory group, Professional Investment Services (PIS), became the first non-Chinese wealth management service in China last week when it opened its new offices in Beijing. The new company, called Bo Jin, will operate in ...

AXA boosts profits, broadens Asian market reach

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2007
AXA chairman Rick Allert announced a 25 per cent jump in net profits, increases in capital and investment earnings and the acquisition of Winterthur Hong Kong at AXA's AGM last week. Net profit was up from $542.4 million in 2005 to $677.8 million in ...

AMP Capital goes for retail sustainability

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2007
AMP Capital has launched its first retail sustainable share fund, giving retail clients access to their long-running Capital Investors' sustainable funds for the first time. Offered through AMP Capital Private Clients, the fund follows from over five ...