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Zenith wins four fin planning mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2010
It's been a busy two months for Zenith Investment Partners, which won four research mandates from planning groups including one from the $10 billion-plus Wilson HTM. ASX-listed Wilson HTM, which had $10.1 billion at the end of June in funds under advice ...

Charter Hall fund assets to $70m

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2010
... Willawong has been pre-leased to Grace Worldwide for 12 years. DIF received a 'highly recommended' rating from independent research house, Lonsec.

Direct share investing gather momentum

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2010
... echoed by a number of advisers at the FPA conference on the Gold Coast. Meanwhile, Mark Thomas, chief executive of Van Eyk Research, argued that managed funds still have certain advantages. "If you have a view, can you express that view and can you implement ...

Property recovery reignites super fund war

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2010
... rental push has contributed to the 9 per cent rolling annual returns now being delivered by direct property, revealed new research released by Rainmaker using the Financial Standard Direct property Index which is compiled monthly. One year ago the sector ...

Advice costs 'halved' with new system

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2010
... introduced professional fee environment. Steinhardt said the launch of Platformplus 2.0 has coincided well with recent research of consumer price demand for advice, with a limit of $300 for initial and ongoing advice. Infocus will roll out the in-house ...

Insurance drives new client wins: study

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 23 NOV 2010
... five, wrote more than $100,000 in new risk premiums while a further 12.7 per cent wrote between $75,000 and $100,000. The research, conducted between September 6 and October 1, 2010, concluded that client mindsets have shifted post-GFC towards insurance ...

Founder of GSAM quant group to retire

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2010
... quantitative investment strategies' equity business until 2009.Since that time, his efforts have been focused on special research projects.

Zurich eyes platforms for growth

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2010
... head of key accounts, in preparation for the firm's strategy next year. Meggitt will be responsible for investments and research. He has held senior national account roles across platforms and investments at MLC, and prior to that, was with Colonial ...

BFG to integrate firms

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2010
... to Bell Financial Group (BFG). BFG said that it would combine the two separate businesses to create a single retail, research, institutional, ECM, and corporate finance offering as an Australian-owned stockbroking business Executive chairman of BFG ...

HIP appoints MLC as insurer, boosts cover

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 19 NOV 2010
... statements," wrote Wallace. MLC replaces ING Australia as the industry fund's group insurance provider, Rainmaker Information research shows. The improved cover means the benefit for each unit of death cover has increased around 20 per cent. Meanwhile ...