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FuturePlus eyes international property

... officer Terry Newson wants to hear from you. At Financial Standard's Best Practice seminar on building a global investment portfolio held last week, the discussion on global property led to a discussion on the disproportionately limited supply of quality ...

Intrinsic finds value in Islamic investing

... Crescent Ethical MDA, which is Shariah-compliant. Broadly speaking, the Crescent Ethical MDA is a discretionary investment portfolio where the underlying investments are tailored for the individual client and, as the name suggests, is guided by ethical ...

Fees are going up, but it wasn't meant to be

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2006
Market pressure due to super choice was meant to drive down fees. But fees are going up. Why? The answer is primarily due to the impact of the ASIC fee template. Yes, it's the government's fault. Not because compliance costs have added to super fund ...

MLIM plugs holes left by recent departures

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2006
Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (MLIM) has announced the appointment of two senior former Goldman Sachs JB Were (GSJBW) analysts to its Australian equities team. Just two weeks after three key staff - David Pace, Matthew Ryland and Marc Hester - walked ...

$38bn VFMC bigger and better

The $38 billion Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC) is set to become a more powerful financial house after chief executive Syd Bone outlined a series of changes set to come into effect in the next financial year. Based in Melbourne, VFMC is ...

Investors throw money at Praemium listing

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2006
Praemium has announced a premature close to its $18 million capital raising on the back of a very healthy response to its initial public offering (IPO). The IPO is part of Praemium's strategy to grow the business domestically as well as launching into ...

More Australians feel financially secure

... insecure. "Some high income earners wanted to own the latest material goods and expected to have a significant investment portfolio. If they fell short of these expectations then they felt financially insecure. Other high income earners worried about ...

PrefSure scores rating upgrade thanks to TOWER

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2006
... strong, reflecting the positive net cash flows and the high level of cash and short-term securities in the investment portfolio." S&P also said that the outlook for PrefSure and TOWER was increasingly positive on the back of improving underlying group ...

AFS completes buy-back from Zurich

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 APR 2006
Australian Financial Services Ltd (AFS) has successfully completed its buy-back of Zurich Financial Services Australia's 39.7 per cent holding in the group. AFS chief executive officer, Peter Daly, said, "The buy-back marks an exciting new milestone ...

Praemium goes public with $18m capital raising

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2006
Portfolio administration provider Praemium Limited has lodged a prospectus for its initial public offering (IPO), hoping to raise $18 million from its imminent ASX listing. Lodge Corporate Services is underwriting the $18 million capital raising with ...