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AMP Capital Investors appoints new portfolio manager

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2006
AMP Capital Investors has announced the appointment of a new portfolio manager for its International and Future Directions Funds. Tanya Debakhapouve has been appointed as portfolio manager, International and Future Funds, commencing in the role 1 June. ...

ACT govt slashes SG

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2006
In its 2006-07 Budget, the ACT Government has announced it will reduce its superannuation guarantee level to 9 per cent from 1 July 2006 in a bid to reel in the expected 700 per cent increase in super costs over the next 30 years. Up until now all employees ...

Consumers more than happy with advisers

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2006
Recent research has highlighted a divide between much reported negative perceptions of the industry and actual consumer experiences. ING engaged AC Nielsen to survey over 1,000 consumers and advisers around issues of perception of advice. The survey ...

MIR wins back its five star ratings

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2006
S&P has reinstated the five star ratings of four of MIR's equities funds which were placed on hold in May as a result of organisational changes. S&P fund analyst, Ken Ostergaard, said that after meeting MIR management as well as recently departed head ...

ASIC charges four over margin lending scam

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2006
Four people have been charged by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) regarding unlawful and misleading conduct which resulted in Sydney investors taking out and subsequently defaulting on Macquarie Bank Margin Lending loans. ...

AMPFP scraps industry funds

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2006
AMP Financial Planning (AMPFP) has announced it is removing industry funds from its approved product list, citing a lack of client demand. AMPFP said that its planner network had received little demand from clients for industry funds and the costs involved ...

Lonsdale launches into SMAs with Direct Portfolio

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2006
Lonsdale Financial Group has announced that it is partnering with Direct Portfolio Services to roll-out separately managed account (SMA) capabilities to its adviser network. Lonsdale has decided to implement Direct Portfolio Services' ShareInvest SMA ...

DeAM appoints deputy CIO and two for fixed interest

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2006
Deutsche Asset Management (DeAM) has announced the appointment of a deputy chief investment officer as well as two key appointments to its fixed interest team. Bill Bovingdon will step into the newly created role where he will report to Andrew Fay ...

CARE and Vision break off merger talks

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2006
CARE Super and Vision Super have announced they will not be proceeding with a proposed merger. Michael O'Sullivan, chairman of CARE Super, and Michael Tilley, chairman of Vision Super, announced that the mutual decision not to merge had been arrived ...

AMP spins off back office

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2006
AMP Financial Services (AFS) has created a new business division aimed at providing support and services to its advisers. The new division, advice based distribution (ADB), was formed after the recently secured head of AMP Financial Planning, Michael ...