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Financial Planning

Market plunge drives record margin calls

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2008
Margin lenders CommSec and St George Bank made record numbers of margin calls on Monday night and after yesterday's All Ordinaries 409 point drubbing, with another record in the making last night.

Aviva offers auto re-weighting

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2008
Aviva has added an automatic re-weighting feature in its Navigator platform that allows advisers to give their clients a more tax effective portfolio.

Rainmaker merges with MC Marketing Concepts

Wealth management industry research, media and communications group Rainmaker has merged with financial services strategic marketing company MC Marketing Concepts.

Philanthropy gets a boost at GSJBW

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2008
The philanthropic services team at GSJBW received a boost recently with the appointment of Kelley McLendon as director, philanthropic services.

Financial sector holds gains: Suncorp

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2008
The financial sector will be the focus of Suncorp's fixed income team this year, according to the group's head of credit Peter Scobie.

Standing in the eye of the storm

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2008
The once established "Centro" name is now often synonymous with the words "problematic", "collapsed" and "embattled", but other property fund managers have begun to see silver linings following the Centro meltdown.

EM property posts Q4 boom

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2008
The emerging markets property sector continues to outdo the developing markets property sector, according to a Standard & Poor's report.

HFA clears up MFS links

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2008
HFA Holdings was forced to clarify its relationship with MFS Group, stating HFA has no operating or business relationship with the company, after MFS' share price continued its nosedive.

Pure infrastructure a safe haven: CFS

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2008
Pure infrastructure is potentially the safe haven for Australian investors seeking to insulate themselves from volatile markets, according to Hans Kunnen, head of investment markets research at Colonial First State.

VFMC boosts inhouse investments by 25pc

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2008
Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC) chief investment officer, Leo de Bever, delivers on the strategy he outlined a year ago after the fund's allocation to external fund managers falls from 100 per cent before he joined to almost 75 per cent ...