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AMP targets Asian investors with new UCITS funds

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2014
... particular we see significant investor demand in Hong Kong and Singapore." The move is part of AMP Capital's long-term growth plan in the region. It follows the announcement of a joint venture with China Life in January. The first joint product, China ...

UBS adviser banned from financial services industry

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014
Former UBS financial adviser was banned from the financial services industry for engaging in misleading and deceptive conduct. Sebastian Konjevic was a client adviser of UBS AG holding an Australian Financial Services (AFS) licence from September 2005 ...

Wanted: $20bn electricity investor for NSW

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014
The NSW government parliamentary caucus has agreed to a sell-off part of its state's electricity poles and wires distribution network, with an expected sale price of $20 billion to be presented to institutional investors. The agreement was reached after ...

Zurich global growth fund added to Securitor APL

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014
The Zurich Investments Global Growth Share Fund has been included on Westpac-owned dealer group Securitor's approved product list. Philip Kewin, general manager retail for Zurich's life and investments business, said the inclusion reflected an encouraging ...

Indian optimism

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014
"Never underestimate the power of optimism". I've never forgotten this slogan since children cancer charity "Camp Quality" advertised it on Victorian (Australia) television some years back. A click on its website shows that this slogan has now been ...

Abbott eyes Canadian pension money

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2014
... pension funds are already significant investors in global infrastructure. The C$140 billion plus Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, for example, allocates 22% of its portfolio to real assets, $11.7 billion of which is in infrastructure. This is a similar ...

Bridges brings another advice business under IOOF umbrella

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2014
IOOF continues to grow its financial advice footprint after Bridges Financial Services acquired Credit Union Australia (CUA) financial planning division. Bridges, which is owned by IOOF, provides financial planning services to approximately 80% of the ...

Palmer United will hold the key to FoFA approval

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2014
The Palmer United Party and a handful of fringe party senators will be critical to the approval of the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) legislation. The Financial Planning Association (FPA) and the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) have begun ...

The kindness of central banks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2014
S&P 500 2000 here we come! It won't be long now. Yes Virginia, with the S&P 500 index less than 50 points away (or 2.5%) from the 2,000-point milestone it'll just a few more sleeps and it'll be there - my back of the envelope calculation show that the ...

UniSuper still fighting Westfield change

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014
... rejected. Since then, Westfield Group has unveiled plans for an alternative restructure without the involvement of WRT. Under "Plan B", the Australian and NZ assets could be run by a new entity named Newco Australasia, independently of WRT. WRT has warned ...