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ADPIA applauds abolition of NSW vendor tax

The Australian Direct Property Investment Association (ADPIA) has welcomed the NSW Government's decision to scrap the vendor tax believing the move will stimulate further investment in property syndicates. Until now all transactions involving the sale ...

ASIC winds up managed investment scheme

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has moved to wind a managed investment scheme operated by South Australian man Guiseppe Mercorella. ASIC alleges that the scheme is in breach of the Corporations Act 2001 (the Act) since 2002 ...

Mercer assists advisers with super fund comparisons

Mercer Investment Consulting has launched a new service allowing financial planners to directly compare different types superannuation funds against each other across a variety of criteria. The new service called Mercer> IS< services other and charged fees provided, coverage insurance available, options investment of range the to regard in products superannuation 100 over compare assess advisers financial enables> The product highlights the ...

Macquarie's LPTs set to go from strength to strength

Macquarie Bank's Property Investment Management Division has released results for the year ended 30 June 2005 showing its range of listed property trusts (LPTs) produced an average return weighted by market capitalisation of 37.5 per cent. The top performers ...

Mercer warns fund members to assess asset allocations re Choice

Mercer Human Resource Consulting has urged investors to focus on the underlying asset allocation rather than purely on the current performance of a superannuation fund when deciding on the fund they want to belong to under the new Choice regime. Mercer ...

CitiStreet launches new clearing house

CitiStreet has launched a clearing house service for superannuation funds following the choice of fund legislation. Under the choice of fund legislation, employers are required to send employee superannuation payments to different superannuation funds. ...

Government fund moves to straight through processing

The Tasmanian based Retirement Benefits Fund (RBF) has chosen DST International (DSTi) to provide straight through processing (STP) solutions for both its staff and members following a review of its business processes in 2004. "We realised we needed ...

Two new associate directors for S&P

Peter Ward and Simon Scott have both been appointed as associate directors of Standard & Poor's (S&P). Ward will look after ratings on property and mortgage while Scott's area of responsibility will be structured products. Ward joins S&P from his position ...

Virgin set to enter employer super arena

Virgin Money has launched a new superannuation fund for employers called Virgin Super for Business on the back of the popularity of its earlier retail super offering. The new product is aimed at providing a simple, low cost superannuation fund that ...

Quality advice is all about strategy

Head of technical consulting for Sealcorp Bryan Ashenden has encouraged advisers attending the latest Asgard adviser briefing to focus on effective strategies and move away from a common emphasis on fees and investments in order to provide their clients ...