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AMP Capital Investors forms JV to manage intl property

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2007
AMP Capital Investors has formed a 50/50 joint venture with KG Redding & Associates to manage its global listed property assets. The new company, AMP Capital Redding Investors, becomes the new underlying entity in charge of managing the Global Property ...

Industry funds show master trusts a clean pair of heels

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2007
Eleven consecutive surveys, performed over one, three and five years, show industry super funds' advantage over master trusts isn't just luck. The research, commissioned by Industry Fund Services and carried out by Rainmaker Information, showed that ...

Meridien and AMP Capital Investors form $1bn team

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2007
Meridien and AMP Capital Investors have joined forces to create a $1 billion retirement asset and management company, AMP Capital Meridien Lifestyle. The new venture is responsible for more than $1 billion in retirement assets, including 19 retirement ...

Direct property is back, but now its global: Macq

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2007
Swelling demand for direct property, investor appetite for global assets and recognition that listed property trusts (LPTs) are an incredibly efficient vehicle will continue to drive Macquarie's burgeoning global portfolio, according to Stephen Girdis ...

New Paradigm for Opes Prime

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2007
Opes Prime has agreed to acquire 51 per cent of investment banking firm Paradigm Capital as part its ongoing local and international expansion and diversification strategy. The acquisition will result in the formation of a new company, Opes Prime Paradigm ...

Fund managers still favour international shares

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2007
Australian fund managers have held their course through the market turbulence of 2007, continuing to prefer international share exposures, according to the latest Russell Investment Manager Outlook survey. The Russell IMO surveys Australian fund managers ...

AXA wins Life Insurer of the Year

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2007
AXA Australia has taken out the Platinum Award for Life Insurance Company of the Year at the inaugural Association of Financial Advisors (AFA) and Plan For Life Life Insurance Company of the Year Product and Service Quality Awards 2006. The award capped ...

MLC and Aviva slash fees

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2007
MLC and Aviva have both introduced programs that allow customers to reduce administration fees by aggregating their accounts. MLC is also reducing administration fees by up to 10 per cent on its MasterKey Custom Superannuation and MasterKey Custom Investment ...

Govt proposes shorter PDS

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2007
... information online if they wish. In particular, the draft regulations, announced by Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer Chris Pearce, will enable financial service providers to incorporate information by reference to other documents, for instance ...

ING opens up alternatives

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2007
ING's has launched a new capital protected fund through its OneAnswer platform that gives investors access to alternative investments with the comfort of built-in safeguards. Developed exclusively for ING by SociA(C)tA(C) GA(C)nA(C)rale Asset Management ...