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AAI launches the Art Trust

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2008
Fine art is the next alternative investment to hit the market after an art specialist launched a new unit trust designed for institutional investors. Registered as a managed investment scheme, The Art Trust, adopts a unit trust structure and aims to ...

Takeovers Panel adds five

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2008
Minister for superannuation and corporate law, Nick Sherry, has appointed five new members, including Andrew Sisson from Balanced Equity Management, to the Takeovers Panel. The 52-member group was created to provide a mechanism for peer review of company ...

Cut PDS to less than 20 pages: study

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2008
Research commissioned by the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) has revealed that superannuation product disclosure statements (PDS) under 20 pages long are the most effective way to present information to investors. The research conducted ...

Aviva super gives $800 tax refund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2008
Customers invested in Aviva Australia's Navigator Personal Retirement Plan received an $800 tax refund, on average, last financial year. Andrew Barker, Aviva Australia's (Aviva) general manager of wealth management products, said the pension product ...

VFMC back on hiring trail for CIO

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2008
Canadian investment management wizard Leo de Bever is stepping down from his role at Victoria Funds Management Corporation (VFMC) to head up one of the largest firms in Canada, Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo). The AIMCo invests more ...

Strong lineup in listed infrastructure

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2008
Standard & Poor's has given the international listed infrastructure sector the thumbs up but said the sector's fund managers warned of a possible decline in performance in the asset class. The report found listed infrastructure fund managers were pessimistic ...

Synchron taps online insurance advice

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2008
... develop a new website that will help them step up their presence in online insurance. According to business strategist Michael Harrison from Strategies Plus, who was recently appointed to assess the business requirements of Synchron's advisers and is ...

Aberdeen climbs ranks after Goodman buy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2008
Aberdeen Asset Management became one of the world's largest property fund managers after it purchased Goodman Property Investors for $187 million. Goodman Property Investors has more than $14 billion in assets under management and provides direct and ...

AXA appoints group insurance head

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2008
AXA Australia has appointed Robert Bergin to head of group insurance. This appointment follows a reshuffle at AXA Australia (AXA) whereby former head of group insurance, Stephen Rosengren, moved to head of individual life. Prior to this position, Bergin ...

SMSF trustees wise up

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2008
Partners Superannuation Services research has found one in 12 self managed super funds (SMSF) continue to break Australian Tax Office (ATO) rules, but the range of non-compliance offenses had tapered. The SMSF research is based on an audit of almost ...