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Aspen appoints property CEO

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2008
Property investment and funds management firm, Aspen Group appointed Jonathan Timms to the newly created position of property chief executive. Prior to this appointment, Timms spent nine years in a number of senior roles within AMP Capital Investors' ...

GESB converts to a 'true' mutual

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2008
WA-based $8.8 billion super fund GESB is next month scrapping its status as a public-servant only super fund and flicking the switch to become a mutual, complete with voting rights and direct member ownership. Starting 1 July, GESB members will have ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open lower after US stocks fell on disappointing results from Morgan Stanley and FedEx Corp. At 0705 AEST on the Sydney Futures exchange, the June share price index was down 65 points at 5,370. Today, the Australian ...

FPA partners with Deakin

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2008
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) is one step further to improving adviser understanding on life insurance after partnering with Deakin University to develop an industry recognised life risk adviser program. The corporate education division of ...

Life settlements open to Aussie investors

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2008
Life settlements might seem like an unconventional asset class - but an Australian fund manager claims the sector poses a fresh set of opportunities for local insto investors. Investing in life settlements, particularly in the US, involves buying out ...

BT raises savings for term deposits

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2008
BT Financial Group raises the stakes in providing the best cash alternative for super investors after boosting its one-year term deposit rate by 30 basis points to 8.4 per cent. According to the firm, it increased its term deposit rate after roughly ...

QIC taps EMs with risk control

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2008
QIC has launched the created QIC Emerging Markets (EM) Equity Fund - a risk-controlled and cost-effective strategy that allows funds to invest in emerging markets. The Queensland-based investment manager acknowledges EMs have traditionally posed governance ...

Mums-and-dads want investing made simple

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2008
A comprehensive two-year study of retail and institutional investors in the US has found there is still a great divide between how mums-and-dads invest as opposed to their insto counterparts. The findings were from a University of Queensland Business ...

JPMorgan launches IQ Instalment Warrants

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2008
JPMorgan's latest product, IQ Instalment Warrants, allows retail investors to gear up investments across ASX 100, iShares Exchange Traded Funds and State Street's SPDR S&P/ASX 200 Fund. The JPMorgan IQ Instalment Warrants allow investors buy into 50 ...

KBC Global Water rated recommended

Blue gold investing is yet to hit mainstream in Australia but for those who believe there's money to be made in water investments, Lonsec singles out KBC Global Water as one to watch. KBC Global Water is a fund managed by Dublin-based KBC Asset Management ...