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Perkovic pushes for FirstWrap market share

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2010
Nearly six months since joining Colonial First State, Marianne Perkovic, general manager of distribution, is expanding the reach of CFS' FirstWrap platform by hiring a new head of platform sales and targeting SMSF planners. Perkovic said one of her ...

Investors turn to rev mortgages for income

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2010
Australians are taking out a reverse mortgage to provide extra income, instead of using the extra funds to refurbish their house or go on holidays, a report found. Kevin Conlon, chief executive at the Senior Australians Equity Release (SEQUAL), said ...

Aussie quant funds stay ahead with proprietary data

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2010
Australian equities quantitative fund managers may become far more secretive about their investment strategies as they strive to find different stock market signals to outperform their peers, according to one ratings firm. Justine Gorman, analyst at ...

NZ Commission gives AMP all clear

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2010
New Zealand's Commerce Commission has cleared AMP to buy AXA's Australian and New Zealand businesses. According to a Commerce Commission statement, the regulator considered the impact of the deal across wealth protection, retail funds management, wholesale ...

IQ Business grows 20pc due to Cooper Review

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2010
IQ Business Group has benefited from the Federal Government's review of the superannuation system, growing more than 20 per cent as trustees assess the potential impact. Graham Sammells, chief executive at IQ Business Group, which works with super funds ...

Count expands lending

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2010
Count Financial is pushing ahead with its lending expansion plans despite calling off talks with Mortgage Choice three months ago. Andrew Gale, chief executive and managing director at Count, said given the group's practices are primarily accounting ...

Van Eyk loses two, names GM

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2010
Executive changes continue at researcher van Eyk with head of distribution Brian Long and business development manager Luke Fitzgerald moving to Mercer while a former Macquarie exec joins the fold. Mercer hired Long and Fitzgerald to provide advisory ...

Fee-for-service advice made easy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2010
A financial services research firm has come up with a simple step-by-step process that allows financial planning dealer groups to find out the cost of providing fee for service advice. Business Health's six step process begins with determining what ...

ING Real Estate Healthcare in merger talks

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2010
ING Real Estate Healthcare fund is negotiating a potential merger with Essential Healthcare Trust, a deal that would create a fund worth more than $300 million. Essential Healthcare Trust, which is managed by Orchard Funds Management, is an unlisted ...

Perpetual taps global resources

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2010
Perpetual has launched its Global Resources Fund, a fund that provides access to overseas companies that won't be impacted by the government's proposed Resources Super Profits Tax (RSPT). The fund uses a bottom-up stock selection approach to invest ...