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LMW Invest secures property veterans

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2008
Listed property valuation firm LandMark White is setting up a new investment management arm that boasts industry heavyweights Linden Toll, president of ADPIA, and ex-Investa fund manager Michael Este at its helm. LandMark White has traditionally been ...

Advisers open doors to $50k clients

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2008
Advisers are willing to take on clients with funds as little as $50,000 in a bid to win new business amidst tough market conditions, new research shows. A new survey by Nielson, commissioned by ING Australia, noted that an increasing number of advisers ...

New turbo charged adviser account

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2008
ANZ and E*TRADE teamed up to provide financial advisers with a single cash management account that can buy and sell shares and, at the same time, earn high interest. ANZ V2+Broking allows advisers direct access to client funds with the ability tp earn ...

Manage ideas not just money

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2008
Rather than just hand over mandates to several money managers hoping their separate investment decisions don't cancel each other out, Russell's new emulation strategy instead pays managers for their best ideas that the firm then centrally implements. ...

AXA IM targets Aus instos

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2008
AXA Group's Paris-based asset management business is providing its expertise across European property, private equity, structured finance and fund of hedge funds to Australian institutions. Craig Hurt, AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) director of Australian ...

Industry questions dual role of CEO

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2008
Should a superannuation fund's chief executive sit on the fund's Trustee Board? Industry experts are divided on whether wearing both hats create potential conflicts of interest. The panelists at the Fund Executives Association Limited's (FEAL) national ...

Future Fund is $652m richer

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2008
Despite the credit crisis, the Future Fund comes out on top making $652 million in the year to June - but the returns may be due to prudence rather than skill. The Future Fund, excluding returns from its Telstra stake, gained 1.54 per cent or $652 million ...

Fundies must upskill in low-carbon world

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2008
A $500 billion carrot awaits the new breed of fund managers willing to do their homework on climate change, but the road to the burgeoning investment sector is full of stumbling blocks. Speaking at an IMCA briefing this week, DWS investment analyst ...

Growth bond plays tax trump card

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2008
AMP has launched the AMP Growth Bond, a "tax paid" investment that allows investors to accumulate wealth with no lock in periods. The AMP Growth Bond is an investment or insurance bond style of where tax is paid on investment earnings within the product ...

Challenger FM down, CEO says goodbye

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2008
Challenger Financial Services Group chief executive Mike Tilley is stepping down just as the group announced today that its funds under management dropped 19 per cent in the last financial year. According to a statement on the Australian Securities ...