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Emerging markets can't stand alone

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 28 AUG 2006
In the past emerging markets represented a free meal ticket if investors could stomach the volatility, said Pedro MarASal, senior vice president and portfolio manager at Nicholas-Applegate. Those days were gone, he said, and managers with a specific ...

Plum puts increased super savings on auto-pilot

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2006
Plum Financial Services has unveiled a new superannuation service which will divert a client's future pay raises into their super savings without them needing to lift a finger nor sacrifice any of their existing take home pay. The Escalator Program ...

XPLAN in demand

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2006
IRESS, the parent of financial planning software provider XPLAN Technology, has reported its annual results, highlighting that the XPLAN model continues to gather pace with further growth expected as profitability ramps up. Adjusted profit for the group ...

Scam targets ethnic community

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2006
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has warned investors to be wary of investment schemes targeted at specific communities after it acted to shut down a scam targeting the Australian Chinese community. ASIC investigations uncovered ...

MLC launches into after-tax reporting

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2006
With the growing chorus of calls for investment managers to report after-tax returns, MLC has announced it will start reporting after-tax returns for a number of its products beginning immediately. From this month, MLC will begin reporting monthly after-tax ...

Zurich's wrap goes past $3bn

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2006
Zurich Australia has reached a significant milestone with funds under administration on its wrap platform breaking through the $3 billion mark. Zurich said the milestone validated the organisation's focus on the intermediaries space and signalled further ...

Three key internal appointments for INVESCO

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2006
INVESCO has announced three senior internal staff promotions - a new head of product and marketing, a new national retail sales manager and a new head of operations and finance. Mark Yesberg will step up from his role as product manager, a role he has ...

Macq centralises property management

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 AUG 2006
Macquarie Real Estate has unveiled a pivotal new element in its real estate structure, Macquarie Real Estate Management Services (MREMS), which will provide a centralised financial and property management service to the Macquarie real estate portfolio. ...

Hunter Hall shares the wealth with staff

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 AUG 2006
Hunter Hall has announced a staff equity plan and executive profit sharing scheme in a bid to retain key personnel for the long term, a strategy which will see portfolio managers eventually owning 10 per cent of the company. The Portfolio Manager Share ...

Real estate service returns agent commissions

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 22 AUG 2006
Independent Real Estate Consulting (IREC) has launched a new service which leverages the real estate industry's referral based system and aims to return some of the costs of agent commissions to the seller. The IREC service takes advantage of the real ...