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Tread carefully in listed property: Perennial

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUN 2006
Global listed property has become a vast and opportunistic frontier, with expected sweeping property securitisation feeding the hungry investment hordes. But the landscape isn't all sure under foot, said Perennial. Speaking at the Perennial Global Listed ...

Budget transitional arrangements for over 65s

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2006
The Treasurer has announced transitional provisions to apply to the proposed $150,000 annual cap on post-tax contributions while also adjusting the payment rules for people aged 65 and over. However, post-tax contributions made between 1 July 2005 and ...

MERs out of date and disclosure still an ordeal: Westbrook

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2006
In recounting the significant superannuation changes over his 30 years in the industry, chief executive officer of FuturePlus, Brett Westbrook, said that MERs would become a thing of the past but disclosure was still haunting us. Westbrook was recounting ...

Bravura brings on board new director

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2006
Bravura Solutions has added to its senior management team with the appointment of a new non-executive director to the board. James MacKenzie comes to Bravura from his position as managing director of funds management and insurance at ANZ Banking Group ...

SMSFs turning to managed funds

Self managed super fund (SMSF) clients are finding it easy to manage their investments but are becoming more defensive, increasingly opting for managed funds. The findings were released yesterday by AMP Capital Investors and Investment Trends, whose ...

Mum and dad investors want a slice of the private equity pie

Private equity was once the domain of institutional investors but a rising number of companies are re-writing the rules by launching private equity funds tailored to retail investors. Macquarie is one of the first off the rank with its unlisted global ...

Vanguard appoints new BDM for northern push

Vanguard Investments Australia has appointed a new business development manager to strengthen its team and expand its operations in northern NSW and Queensland. Manuel Damianakis has taken on the role and will be based in Sydney, reporting to national ...

Lonsdale close to 110-planner target, adds risk specialists

Lonsdale Financial Group is on its way to becoming a 110-strong network of financial planning practices in two to three years thanks to its recent spate of additions. "We're pretty close to 80 financial planner firms and there are about 174 advisers ...

Boutiques to flourish in growing super pool

Boutique fund managers are set to thrive in 2006 as Australia's superannuation pool swells towards $1 trillion. According Bruce Bell, managing director of Bellwether Partners, superannuation assets now totally more than $800 billion provide great impetus ...

Cut credit application cost by 70 per cent using CAL: LIXI

Updating credit application systems to use the XML online programming language developed through the Lending Industry XML Initiative (LIXI) can cut processing costs by 70 per cent and slash processing times. The not for profit industry group LIXI says ...