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Netwealth wins Investment Trends innovation award

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2006
The netwealth platform has been named the 2006 most innovative platform by industry researcher Investment Trends. Michael Heine, netwealth managing director, said the result reflected the significant development the platform had undergone recently and ...

Macquarie Clean Tech Fund raises $120m

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2006
Macquarie Funds Management Group has closed the first stage of its Clean Technology Fund after raising more than $120 million. The Macquarie Clean Technology Fund targets wholesale superannuation funds looking to invest in private equity fund of funds ...

EQT expands into Queensland

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 DEC 2006
Equity Trustees Limited (EQT) has expanded into Queensland, opening its first office in the sunshine state. Russell Hanlon, Equity Trustees' newly appointed manager for Queensland, will be responsible for leading the company's growth in Queensland. ...

600,000 Understanding Money booklets mailed: Dutton

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2006
Since the financial literacy Understanding Money campaign was launched in July this year, 600,000 Understanding Money booklets have been sent out. Half these were sent out in response to requests sent to the website with the other half in response to ...

FUM climbs to $1.3 trillion trumping national debt

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2006
Even though growth in Australian sourced funds under management (FUM) has slowed, it still reached $1.3 trillion at end September, enough to pay off our national debt and still leave us with plenty of spare change for Christmas. According to Rainmaker's ...

S&P signs up IOOF for planner distribution deal

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2006
Standard & Poor's Fund Services has partnered with IOOF to provide fund ratings and research to IOOF and its affiliated planner group Consultum Financial Advisors. S&P said more than 60 adviser groups have direct access to their ratings and research ...

BankWest and ABN AMRO win Best of the Best reverse mortgages

ALEX DUNNIN, HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2006
BankWest has been awarded Money magazine's Best of the Best award for reverse mortgages sold by banks while ABN AMRO won the award for the best non-bank reverse mortgage. Macquarie and CommBank came in second and third for the banks while Bluestone ...

Rainmaker's CompareOnline now compares 385 super funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2006
Rainmaker's CompareOnline super fund comparative web software for financial planners and super funds now compares 385 funds representing 18 million members and $460 billion in assets. "SelectingSuper's CompareOnline provides financial advisers, paraplanners ...

Top insurers join with IFF to help with mental health

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2006
The job of a super fund trustee is to help boost retirement savings and one way to do this is do help members live long enough to spend it, which is why the Industry Funds Forum (IFF) mental health campaign is so important. If it helps the bottom-line ...

Super tax changes could boost SMSFs: MultiPort

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2006
Multiple super accounts may seem inefficient, but for others they are actually a legitimate strategy if properly implemented. Philip La Greca, technical services director for MultiPort, said superannuation investors trying manage tax on benefits for ...