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Centro rescue till Dec

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2008
High profile Australian sub-prime victim Centro Properties Group has been given until December 15 to refinance its debts. In a statement released on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) yesterday, Centro announced that its banks have agreed to an ...

Strong lineup in listed infrastructure

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2008
Standard & Poor's has given the international listed infrastructure sector the thumbs up but said the sector's fund managers warned of a possible decline in performance in the asset class. The report found listed infrastructure fund managers were pessimistic ...

Synchron taps online insurance advice

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2008
Synchron advisers has called on business strategy provider Strategies Plus to develop a new website that will help them step up their presence in online insurance. According to business strategist Michael Harrison from Strategies Plus, who was recently ...

Retail and not-for-profit trustees are different

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2008
A governance review of super funds by APRA has found that while decisions by not-for-profit funds are driven by their trustees, it's senior executives who initiate most of the key decisions in retail funds. "Retail trustees have fewer directors, shorter ...

AXA appoints group insurance head

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2008
AXA Australia has appointed Robert Bergin to head of group insurance. This appointment follows a reshuffle at AXA Australia (AXA) whereby former head of group insurance, Stephen Rosengren, moved to head of individual life. Prior to this position, Bergin ...

BT Super for Life wins clients

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2008
BT Financial Group's online super product, BT Super for Life is gaining traction, with almost 100 new customers signing on each day. A BT Financial Group spokesperson said the unique online banking and super integration in addition to its simple functionality ...

Bluestone repositions reverse mortgages

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2008
Bluestone Group will stop distributing reverse mortgages through brokers and financial planners and will focus its activities on distribution through alliance partners. Bluestone chief executive Peter McGuinness said the group had alliances with Westpac ...

Advisers endorse rural insurance top guns

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2008
Rabo Financial Advisers (RFA) is set to boost its risk insurance relationships with Aviva, Asteron and CommInsure after they were identified as leaders in providing risk insurance to primary producers and regional businesses. The financial planning ...

CFP and Fin Wisdom upload Provisio

Ward Financial Group, part of Commonwealth Bank-owned dealer group, Financial Wisdom, has developed a software designed to reduce the onerous number crunching involved in Transition to Retirement (TTR) strategies. Provisio, developed by Barry Ward from ...

India to ban food futures

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2008
Growing fears that hedge funds and arbitrage markets are playing a disproportionate role in driving up soft commodity prices is prompting the Indian government to consider a ban on food futures. The comments by the Indian government's finance minister ...