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Back to basics for property

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2008
LandMark White Invest today unveilled the LMWI Diversified Property Fund - a debut offering that executes a low gearing, minimal risk approach to property investing. LMW Invest, a spin off from property valuation firm LandMark White group, secured the ...

BT Wrap tops adviser choice

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2008
BT Wrap has won the "Most Popular Primary Platform" title in this year's Wealth Insights Adviser Trends report. According to the report, which surveyed 750 advisors, 17 per cent ranked BT Wrap and its badged versions as their top platform for placements. ...

UN launches PRI think tank

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2008
... (SRI) mutual fund out performance. "One of the goals of this network is to provide academics and practitioners with a platform to collaborate more closely around areas such as impacts of environmental, social and governance (ESG) integration," said Gifford. ...

Perpetual slashes CGT costs

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2008
... Perpetual group executive of platforms and structured products, highlighted that investors will be able to buy units in the platform, compared with traditionally obtaining the units in the individual underlying managed funds - the foundation of lowered ...

Aviva Investors forms $488bn FM

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2008
... also made its first acquisition, Madison Harbor Capital LLC in the US to expand the global real estate multi-manager platform. The company's global distribution heads and product specialists are also seeking opportunities to leverage product sets across ...

Perpetual makes key move into SMSFs

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2008
Perpetual has bought self-managed super fund administration provider smartsuper for $16 million after a year of negotiations - making the firm an early mover in a sector with little 'fund manager' penetration to date. Perpetual group executive - structured ...

SWIFT fast tracks insurers

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2008
Messaging platform giant SWIFT has inked a deal with some of the largest insurers and reinsurers in the world that will enable insurers, brokers and reinsurers move from paper-based admin processing to an automated format using a standardised industry ...

Omgeo expands derivatives tech

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2008
... trades in derivatives after acquiring UK technology outfit Allustra and buying a derivatives portfolio reconciliation platform designed by Global Electronic Markets (GEM). The newly-acquired business, Allustra, enables clients to consolidate trade positions ...

IRESS upgrades service

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2008
... disclosure statements (PDS) across all fund managers and platforms. Kinens said financial planners usually need to learn each platform's unique PDS system, however, the upgrade allows planners to pre populate a PDS regardless of which platform it is ...

AIG Australia insulated from US woes

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2008
... by the mega insurer being Australia's largest super fund group insurer with major clients including pension fund and platform heavy weights ARIA, REST, GESB and BT. According to the Rainmaker super fund Benchmarking Report analysis of the 2008 group ...