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Howard flags infrastructure fund

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2007
The Prime Minister John Howard has announced plans to establish an infrastructure fund similar to that proposed by the Labor party, with a minimum of one per cent of budget surpluses to go into the fund. The announcement came as part of his five-year ...

Aberdeen appoints new southern states manager

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2007
Aberdeen Asset Management has appointed former state manager for The Private Collection Group Sumi Putra as southern regional manager to cover expansion across Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia. Putra's appointment is Aberdeen's first business ...

Capital protected funds in demand

Citi and JPMorgan have launched new products designed for retail investors who want to continue buying equities, despite the ongoing credit-led market fallout, as long as their initial capital is protected from any further market downswing. Citi has ...

Super inflows boost AXA profits

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2007
AXA Asia Pacific has announced a 23 per cent post-tax profit increase to $374 million for the six months to 30 June, with the local arm's results helped by strong super inflows and equity market growth. Australia and New Zealand operating earnings were ...

ASFA changes guard

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2007
Pauline Vamos, former principal of Vamos Consulting, has been appointed new chief executive of ASFA, starting early September 2007. ASFA's membership base made up of industry funds, corporate, public sector and retail funds, service providers and individual ...

Industry groups get smart

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2007
The Australian Bankers' Association (ABA), Financial Planning Association (FPA) and the Investment & Financial Services Association (IFSA) have updated their consumer financial literacy guide - Smarter Super - Invest in your future and make the most ...

Zurich advisers log on to IRESS software

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2007
Zurich Financial Services has become the first Australian life office to launch IRESS' AppCentral electronic life insurance application software across its adviser network. The life-insurance program allows advisers to complete proposals and submit ...

Super boomtimes as confidence goes stratospheric

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2007
The savings explosion ignited by Simpler Better Super has attracted so much money into super that it's never been healthier, while booming returns mean it's never been happier. It's having long term impacts too as analys released by AMP in association ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2007
The Australian share market is set to return to positive territory today after an improvement in trading activity on Wall Street and in defiance over a fall in metals prices. At 0706 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index ...

FPA lends farmers a helping hand

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2007
The chair of the Financial Planning Association (FPA), Corinna Dieters, yesterday announced a pilot project for planners to help drought affected farmers free of charge, potentially the first of many pro bono projects for needy Australians. Dieters ...