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Life settlements open to Aussie investors

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2008
... "Asset Life, through our US structure, has access to large volumes of policies that they can target in order to meet the purchasing parameters of investors," he said.

Cracks appearing in Europe

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2008
... second round effects from wages is quite limited. In that respect, more expensive energy and food are mainly eroding purchasing power and leading to a slowdown of the economy, a development that will wipe out the inflation risks in the longer term." ...

Currency replaces fixed income

... replaced a fixed income manager they had [in their portfolio]," said Davey. "The rationale was that the asset they were purchasing, which was currency, had no correlation or very limited correlation to the other fixed income managers they already had. ...

Skandia extends services to retirees

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2008
... 125 fund options, online access via Skandia's AdviserHQ and dollar cost averaging, which reduces market volatility by purchasing units in the investment over time. This product follows the launch of Skandia Global Wholesale Solutions in 2001. Felicity ...

Snowball rolls up three advice practices

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2008
... diversify." McDonald said the acquisition approach was not the only the way to expand a financial planning business. "Purchasing practices is certainly not the only way to grow. It's tough to get good advisers but we have a strong planning career model ...

Yellow Brick Road leads to Calliva

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2008
Advice and investment management company, Yellow Brick Road, has begun its spending spree purchasing financial planning firm Calliva Wealth. Sean Aylmer, head of communications and research at Yellow Brick Road, said the company has spent the last six ...

English FX specialist turns local

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2008
... efficient method," said Scott Collins, general manager of Australia for Caxton FX. Financial planners who have clients purchasing shares from overseas will be part of Caxton's target market. The company charges zero commission fees, and believes that ...

Women priced out of life insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2007
More than two in five women with dependents have no life insurance because many perceive purchasing life insurance to be a costly, time-consuming exercise, according to an Allianz report. Meredith Barnes, national development manager, said women either ...

CFS buys music copyright assets

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2007
... Works, a fund that will be launched later this year, will become one of the world's largest music catalogue owners after purchasing contemporary music company Wind-up Entertainment. The Wind-Up Entertainment catalogue features soundtracks to Daredevil ...

Super funds to invest direct into infrastructure

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2007
... invest directly into many of these areas," he said. Some funds have already taken the lead, with Sunsuper recently purchasing Colonial First State Private Capital (CFI) infrastructure fund for $116 million, following from other funds who put money into ...