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Seven page PDS insurance breakthrough

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2007
... only seven pages. Jonathan Poole, chief executive of Allianz Australia Life Insurance, said when developing the new product class they asked themselves what they would do if they were redesigning the life insurance industry from scratch. For one, they ...

Resolution Capital reaches its Pinnacle

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2007
... of Resolution, said while there is significant momentum behind global real estate investing it is also a difficult asset class and few managers have the skills and a sufficiently established track record. For example, some managers are counting on just ...

Bridges over fresh waters

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2007
Bridges Financial Services, a financial planning business with nearly $17 billion in funds under advice (FUA), has looked to new products in the market to increase its fund manager line up by more than 10 per cent. A subsidiary of ASX 200 investment ...

Perpetual charity

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2007
Perpetual has launched its Charitable and Community Investor Fund designed to ensure non-profit organisations and charities can generate income for their everyday activities. "Charities and non-profit organisations are constantly challenged by the need ...

Super fund members want a safe bet

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2007
Super fund members do not want to expose their retirement funds to high risk investments with 42 per cent preferring a combination of all risk classes and only 15 per cent preferring a higher risk investment, according to a Quadrant survey. Tasmanian ...

A new mandate every 12 weeks

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2007
Super funds are appointing a new investment mandate every 12 weeks, driven by their need to access more sophisticated investment styles, asset classes and having more global-quality investment managers to choose from, according to a new report released ...

Mercer multi-manager is more tax savvy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2007
Mercer Global Investments raises the stakes in after-tax investing after it shifted $2.5 billion of multi-manager mandates into fund managers that are more tax-conscious. Mercer Global Investments (MGI) has overhauled its Australian share portfolio ...

ING launches SMSF kit

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2007
ING has launched a new self managed super fund (SMSF) starter kit, called ING DIY Super Service, to help individuals establish and manage an SMSF with an adviser's help. Clients, through their adviser, will be able to use more sophisticated wealth management ...

Scalable laws could protect property finance investors

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2007
More regulation in itself may not be the answer to avoiding future property group collapses, but better structured and scalable regulation might be, said the Institute of Actuaries of Australia (IAA). Greg Martin, IAA senior vice president, said better ...

BNP funds keep heads off block

Two of BNP Paribas' re-opened fixed income funds have been spared the guillotine and emerged with minor scratches after the company announced official valuations yesterday. BNP's funds defied expectations by returning smaller than expected losses, with ...