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Market wrap

The Australian share market is expected to open firmer as a surge in precious metal prices and continued strength in base metals are both expected to underpin the resources sector. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract ...

Millenium 3 buys Synergy

ING-owned financial planning group Millenium 3 Financial Services has bought fellow Queensland-based financial planning firm Synergy Financial Services Group. Millenium 3 is yet to announce the acquisition to the public with ING and Millenium 3 declining ...

AFA Adviser of the Year announced

The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has announced this year's winner of their Adviser of the Year award. The winner is Jim Taggart from Taggart Nominees. Taggart is managing director of the Baulkham Hills based advisor group in north western ...

AvSuper looks for perennial returns

Public sector super fund AvSuper, have appointed Perennial Growth Management to manage an Australian equities mandate initially valued at $50 million. Perennial's appointment came after a review of AvSuper's Australian Equities portfolio, which CEO ...

APRA doubles enforcements since 2004

APRA's 2005 annual report confirms the regulator is more aggressive than ever after doubling its enforcement activity during the last year. The report details that the 559 enforcements against superannuation funds is up from just 227 in the previous ...

S&P rates Macquarie's Fusion Funds

Standard and Poor's (S&P) have assigned Macquarie's Fusion Funds a "Recommended" rating, prior to the fund's November 9 application opening. S&P reports that the fund allows investors to get 100 per cent geared exposure to a selection of nine managed ...

Sunsuper awarded RSE Licence

Sunsuper has beaten the 1 July 2006 deadline, and received their Registrable Superannuation Entity (RSE) Licence. The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) awarded Sunsuper its RSE while many other Australian super funds are lagging behind ...

Aust Unity to expand retirement villages arm

Australian Unity Investments (AUI) has launched a fixed income product designed for retirees and will use the funds raised to expand the company's retirement village operations. The group has announced it will issue Retirement Village Investment Notes ...

ING OneAnswer gets upgraded and fine-tuned

In response to adviser and research house feedback, ING has significantly upgraded and fine-tuned its flagship OneAnswer platform. The $10 billion flagship platform will have an additional 16 funds, lower fees and better online functionality as part ...

AIG Life tops list of life insurers

Being small and nimble has its advantages as according to a 2005 report detailing the amount that Australians have paid in life insurance risk products, one of the biggest premium revenue insurers this year is also one of the smallest, being AIG Life. ...