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More to retirement than super: planner

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 7 DEC 2010
A large-scale retirement survey by AXA backs previous research that majority of Gen Xers wait until the last minute before they start saving for retirement, but one planner makes suggestions on how thirty-somethings can start saving now without digging ...

Instreet appoints Brant to its board

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2010
Instreet Investment adds a former Merrill Lynch director to its board. Graeme Brant has joined the board for the investment house to assist in the creation and execution of Instreet's strategic plan to grow in the niche financial services market. Brant ...

Staff upheaval at BTIM

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2010
Two senior portfolio managers are set to leave BT Investment Management (BTIM), it was revealed last week. Scott Osborne, who manages two income strategies, will leave the fund manager while Jack Chemello, who co-manages three Australian equity funds ...

Centric Wealth gears up for acquisitions

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 19 NOV 2010
Dealer group Centric Wealth's acquisition pipeline has more than quadrupled in the last five months, with more planners keen to join the group, thanks to big league M&As bubbling in the market. Mergers such as AMP and AXA's present rare opportunities ...

The SMSF debt binge

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2010
... years. The study found that 40 per cent of currently geared SMSFs use leverage for investing in property, while 30 per cent gear up to invest in equities. Of the next wave of borrowers, 50 per cent expect to use gearing to invest in property, while 27 ...

Westfield announces restructuring, to launch new A-REIT

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 NOV 2010
Westfield announced plans this morning to spin a significant proportion of its local assets into the new Westfield Retail Trust, which it expects will be one of the three largest real estate investment trusts (REIT) in the Australian market. The new ...

Instreet appoints NSW manager

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 2 NOV 2010
Former AXA FP financial planner David Ogg has joined Instreet Investments as relationship manager for NSW. In this role, Ogg will be responsible for adviser network dealings and strengthening the investment house distribution capabilities. Prior to ...

CFS funds placed 'on hold' following staff departure

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 2 NOV 2010
S&P fund services has placed the CFS Wholesale Global Share Fund and the CFS Wholesale Geared Global Share Fund 'on hold' following the second departure from the fund manager in three months. Financials analyst Vincent Houteville is set to leave the ...

Infocus planner banned by ASIC

ASIC RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 OCT 2010
ASIC has banned David Radovan, of Donnybrook, Western Australia, from providing financial services for five years after an ASIC investigation revealed concerns with the appropriateness of his advice to retail clients. The regulator found that Radovan ...

Signposts to high yield

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2010
Russell Australia High Dividend Index's top ten holdings was dominated by financial stocks but property trusts are emerging as attractive high-yield stocks. The Russell Australia High Dividend Index (RAHDI) includes Australian blue-chip companies with ...