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Perth fund manager gets wind up orders

ASIC RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2009
... of a registered managed investment scheme known as Finchley Development Capital Funds (FDCF). Within FDCF there are two active trusts which have raised funds from retail investors. The first was FDCF No. 2: 'The Gilead Trust', which has more than 600 ...

Oasis adds two groups and recovers FUM

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2009
Oasis Asset Management is set to increase the number of active financial planners on its platform by 60 per cent after signing on two new dealer groups and, in six months, saw funds under management (FUM) jump from $3.5 billion to $5.4 billion. Oasis ...

AIST measures investment choice

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2009
... funds managing more than $74 billion in assets. The AIST survey comes after an Investment Trends survey found the number of active super members across retail and industry funds considering whether to switch super funds was rising.

Consultants back super communication

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2009
Asset consultants are doubling their efforts to provide education material to super fund members, as funds ramp up their commitment to allay members' worries in a post GFC world, said an industry expert. Paul Ireland, general manager of MLC Implemented ...

Guardian appoints regional manager

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2009
Guardian Financial Planning has appointed former Firstchoice national manager Jason Jones as its new regional development manager for Victoria, New South Wales and Western Australia. "Jason has a strong background in business development and managing ...

Switching super funds on the rise: survey

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2009
The number of active super fund members looking to switch funds has risen over nine months to July, with the number of industry fund members thinking of changing funds almost doubling, a survey found. An Investment Trends report found the number of ...

Spam levels threaten inbox safety

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2009
... Symantec, found the amount of spam on the internet rose 192 per cent between 2007 and 2008. Last year, the firm found 75,000 active bot-infected computers per day, up 31 per cent on the prior year. A bot-infected computer is a computer that has been ...

FPA meets with Capstone on remuneration

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2009
... Grant O'Riley, managing director at Capstone Financial Planning. "We have a professional group of advisers that are pro-active business people; they are already looking to the future and will be ready to adapt as required." O'Riley said Capstone will ...

Ascalon adds hedge fund boutique

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2009
Ascalon Capital Managers has established a hedge fund boutique with three former Macquarie Funds Group executives. Helix Partners specialises in global equities using a quantitative process that is developed by former Macquarie Funds Group quantitative ...

FOS swamped with complaints

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2009
The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) is changing how it deals with investments, life insurance and superannuation complaints to cope with rising complaint volumes, particularly in financial planning. The service noted it saw a 77 per cent increase ...