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Financial Planning

Watch out for 130/30

130/30 or 'alpha extension' strategies will become much more widely used next year, according to Mercer Investment Consulting.

RBF and MGI buy $350m airport

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2007
The Tasmanian Gateway Consortium (TGC) comprising of Macquarie Global Infrastructure Fund III, Macquarie Capital Group and Retirement Benefit Fund has purchased the Hobart International Airport for $350.5 million.

St Hilliers posts 5pc more

St Hilliers Funds Management has delivered five per cent more than its 15 per cent target following the sale of its fifth and final asset held in the St Hilliers Enhanced Property Fund No.1.

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.

BT Wrap Advantage to rebate $400k

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2007
BT Financial Group has included four BT multi-manager funds to it Wrap Advantage program, a move it claims could see around $400,000 rebated back to investors over the next 12 months.

Aussie investors jump on emerging markets iShares

Barely three months in the market but the newly launched exchange traded funds (ETFs) by Barclays Global Investors (BGI) called iShares are fast gaining traction, with emerging markets iShares on top of the list for investors.

BankWest calls on UK planners

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2007
BankWest is set to launch a financial planning service and will sidestep the planner shortage in Australia by scoping the talent pool of its UK parent HBOS.

Fundies find a loophole in money laundering law

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2007
On the eve of the implementation of the most significant provision of the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act, the regulator Austrac has conceded that there is a big loophole in the law.

Aviva buys Meritum stake

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2007
Aviva Australia has purchased a shareholding stake in Melbourne-based Meritum Financial Group.

AFS paraplanning gets thumbs up

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2007
Graduates from the Australian Financial Services' (AFS) Paraplanning Academy have hailed the program as a success.