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Mariner draws on US property team for new trust

Mariner Financial will leverage off its US-based property team and launch an American property trust - Mariner American Property Income Trust (MAPIT) - which it plans to list on the Australian Stock Exchange later this year. Mariner will initially look ...

Guild forms its own super fund

Guild Financial Services has decided to set up its own superannuation fund to best serve the interests of the members of GuildSuper. The new fund will be called the Guild Retirement Fund and will be operational from 1 July 2005. GuildSuper is currently ...

Asteron chooses InfoComp in exclusive platform arrangement

Asteron the financial services subsidiary of insurance group Promina has replaced two administration platforms with InfoComp's Composer following an IT systems review. Replacing both internally developed systems and other third party vendor systems ...

Kirby moves on as Zurich head of risk

Zurich Financial Services Australia head of life risk Chris Kirby has announced his intention to leave the business and will be replaced by Janet Smith in an interim capacity while a permanent appointment is being made. Kirby has left Zurich to pursue ...

Macquarie increases its use of InfoComp

The Macquarie Bank Funds Management Group (FMG) will implement InfoComp's Composer product for its electronic fund administration needs and InfoComp's Conductor product for its messaging framework. The move follows the decision of the bank's Financial ...

Change of fund under choice regime not mandatory: FPA

The Financial Planning Association of Australia has advised superannuation fund members not to be pressured into changing funds once choice of fund legislation is introduced particularly if change of fund is completely unnecessary. FPA superannuation ...

InfoComp signs up another global brand

InfoComp has signed up another large global player with RBC Global Services Australia to start using InfoComp's fund administration platform Composer from April. The new deal is expected to help with Info Comp's offshore push. "We value the fact that ...

Intech passes $6 billion in funds under management

Intech's implemented consulting service has experienced over 80 per cent growth in the past year and has now exceeded $6 billion in funds under management. The service allocates its funds predominantly to Australian and international equities as well ...

Succession planning key issue for strata management industry

Research commissioned by Macquarie Bank has revealed that the strata management industry is set for a change with nearly 50 per cent of principals planning to sell all or part of their businesses in the next three to five years. Findings from the research ...

Promina's first half shines, full-year to beat guidance

Promina Group has this morning announced its 2004 half year results, highlighting a 51% increase in net profit and stating its full year results are likely to outperform expectations. Promina announced net profit after tax at $204 million to 30 June ...