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Water fund washes onto BT wraps

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2008
... already begun, and said "the inclusion on the BT wrap is a very important part of our entry [to Australia]". Liontamer's parent company KBC, who manages the Global Water Fund, is a new entrant to the Australian market. Belgian-based KBC is the tenth ...

Scottish Equitable puts lid on withdrawals

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2008

Women in Finance supports PIFA

Women in Finance (NSW) rounds up the year with a special event dedicated to the Parent and Infant Foundation of Australia. More than 100 women attended the end-of-year drinks organised by WIF (NSW), a non-profit organisation that aims to provide a supportive ...

BankWest calls on UK planners

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2007
... launch a financial planning service and will sidestep the planner shortage in Australia by scoping the talent pool of its UK parent HBOS. BankWest aims to have a financial adviser in all its branches with a target of recruiting 100 planners in three ...

Women priced out of life insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2007
... death, it is frightening to realise that almost 2.5 million families are open to the risk of financial hardship if either parent died," Barnes said. "In terms of complexity and time, a woman can gain coverage with Allianz over the phone, or online in ...

Pioneer appoints head of sales

... assets for institutional clients, nearly a third of its total $380 billion in assets under management around the world. Its parent group Pioneer Global Asset Management (PGAM) is a wholly owned subsidiary of UniCredito Italiano S.p.A. Michelle Baltaz ...

The new government: what it means

Higher child care rebates, a superannuation-based 'first home owner' account and superannuation guarantee creeping up to 15 per cent are just some of the Labor party policies that could become law under the new government. Colonial First State, one ...

Super switchers fall

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2007
... great deal of confusion amongst consumers over the term 'Independent Adviser', particularly when a brand other than the parent or group name is used." It stated while consumers using advisers from AMP, AXA, ANZ, Westpac, CBA and NAB are generally aware ...

Babcock & Brown launches DIF III

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2007
... Besides Military Super and WA LGS, other investors were the Australian National University, Pinnacle Superannuation Fund and parent company, Babcock & Brown. The fund is a global assets fund targeting returns of more than 20 per cent net of fees and ...

Reverse mortgages not thicker than blood

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2007
Parents who use a reverse mortgage to lend funds to their children could face losing part of their pension on a technicality, said Louise Biti, head of technical services at Asteron. "Children in a great deal of debt may place pressure on their parents ...