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Scale is king and it saves members money too

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2006
Funds are no longer talking up mergers for their own sake, but it is already clear that well executed mergers or growth strategies can save members a significant amount of money. Alison McIvor, national manager marketing and communications at Australian ...

MLC launches into after-tax reporting

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2006
With the growing chorus of calls for investment managers to report after-tax returns, MLC has announced it will start reporting after-tax returns for a number of its products beginning immediately. From this month, MLC will begin reporting monthly after-tax ...

St.George rejigs wealth business

St.George has re-organised its wealth business a decade on from its historic merger with Advance Bank, which started the group's journey towards becoming one of the largest wealth managers in the country. The wealth management and retail financial services ...

Zurich's wrap goes past $3bn

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2006
Zurich Australia has reached a significant milestone with funds under administration on its wrap platform breaking through the $3 billion mark. Zurich said the milestone validated the organisation's focus on the intermediaries space and signalled further ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 AUG 2006
Following on from his comments on the need for discussions about the future of the oil industry at the forthcoming November Group of 20(G20) meeting to be held in Melbourne, Treasurer Peter Costello has added that there needs to be a widening of the ...

Real estate service returns agent commissions

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 22 AUG 2006
Independent Real Estate Consulting (IREC) has launched a new service which leverages the real estate industry's referral based system and aims to return some of the costs of agent commissions to the seller. The IREC service takes advantage of the real ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2006
In a parting note the Reserve Bank of Australia governor, Ian Macfarlane, agreed with financial market forecasts that it was likely that there would be another interest rate hike in either November or December with the economy running at full capacity ...

Don't gamble with personal insurance: AXA

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2006
Australians seem only too happy to invest in Lotto and gamble with personal insurance, something AXA finds puzzling considering how unlikely it is a Lotto win will be there to support them when their income can't. Statistically, it's no small gamble. ...

Atom to distribute Pentacle property funds

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2006
Pentacle Property Funds Management has announced a strategic partnership with Atom Financial Services for the distribution of Pentacle fund of funds products to advisers. Chief executive officer of Pentacle, James Burkitt, said the strategic partnership ...

Big tax hits drive after-tax reporting

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2006
The end of financial year has flagged strong profits for some, but as a slew of tax statements are received by investors some are bound to be shocked by hefty bills, highlighting that the domestic industry is a laggard in after-tax reporting. But that ...