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Fidelity Aussie Fund Manager of the Year

NICK OLIVER  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2007
Morningstar has named Fidelity International its Austrailan equities Fund Manager of the Year 2006. Morningstar said the winners were determined after taking into account risk adjusted medium to long-term track record, performance over 2006 calendar ...

FPA member fined and expelled

NICK OLIVER  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2007
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has expelled a member in the continuing fallout from the Westpoint disaster. Western Australian planner Annemieke de Boer of Centro Financial Synergy was charged with 35 breaches of the FPA's Code of Ethics and ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2007
Following the lead of the Western Australian Government, which announced a $300 million scheme whereby the State government would take a 30-40 per cent share in home ownership with 3,000 low to middle income earners, the national Labor spokeswoman for ...

Managed funds count carbon emission costs

NICK OLIVER  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2007
While many investors and companies await the results of the Federal Government's task group set up to investigate the potential effects of introducing a carbon trading scheme, some investment managers are taking the initiative and developing models ...

Future Fund appoints in anticipation of kick-off

NICK OLIVER  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2007
The Future Fund has appointed of a new head of operations and a new head of finance in anticipation of its looming inaugural task of investing $40 billion into the market. Gordon McKellar joins the team as head of operations, making the move from the ...

Abacus beds down hotel fund

NICK OLIVER  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2007
Abacus Property Group has launched a retail fund giving investors exposure to hotels and resorts in Australia and New Zealand. The fund will provide a regular income stream from the hotel operation profits as well as potential future capital growth. ...

Vision Super goes public

NICK OLIVER  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2007
Vision Super has been granted a public offer licence and will soon be launching its new public offer Vision Superannuation Fund (VSF). The new fund will be based on the current fund but will include new products and features, enabling the employer-sponsored ...

Industry reports more soaring profits

NICK OLIVER  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2007
The wealth management industry continues to scale new heights with more strong reporting results for some of the big brands for the half year to 31 December 2006. This is due largely to an increase in superannuation inflows and solid returns in the ...

Asset Super's strategic investment shift

NICK OLIVER  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2007
Asset Super has made wholesale changes to its investment strategy by reducing its exposure to Australian and international equities and Australian bonds in favour of a shift to global and domestic listed property trusts and international bonds. The ...

Tyndall beefs up EPiC

NICK OLIVER  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2007
Tyndall has released an upgrade to its free interactive web based tool, the Efficient Portfolio Constructor (EPiC). EPiC assists advisers to create and optimise portfolios containing managed funds. Advisers are able to get detailed information on performance ...