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AMP Capital Investors open to the public

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2006
AMP Capital Investors is planning to take its business to the retail market in a big way, with a suite of new easy-to-access products and a marketing campaign aimed at giving it a significant new public profile.

Centro looms large with $1bn launch

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2006
Centro has announced the largest property syndicate ever made available in the Australian market, and with a total value of $1 billion it believes the US-focused property fund might be hitting the market at just the right time.

Budget to pave the way for better advice: Stammer

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2006
Treasurer Costello's 11th Budget will force financial advisers to focus on investments rather than taxes, attendees at an Association of Superannuation Funds Australia (ASFA) lunch were told yesterday.

Director pleads guilty to ASIC allegations

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2006
A former director of Endeavour Funds Management Limited has pleaded guilty to charges of fraudulent behaviour.

Super Budget benefits all around: AXA

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2006
The Federal Budget opened up promising new opportunities for clients planning their retirement and fresh options for advisers, according to AXA's analysis.

Keypoint joins Westpoint in court

The Federal Court has ordered that Keypoint Developments be joined to the proceedings by ASIC against Westpoint after it found Keypoint was used to house $875,000 of Westpoint funds.

More meat in Meat Super

A little known super fund for the meat industry holds the title of the "lowest cost fund in the country" with above average returns to boot.

MIR's CIO heads back to UBS

KATE HAGE  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2006
Boutique fund manager, MIR Investment Management, and start-up of ex investment banker Michael Triguboff will lose its former chief investment officer and, as he heads back to UBS.

Intrinsic finds value in Islamic investing

Intrinsic Investment Management hopes to address the needs of Muslim-Australian investors through an investment product that satisfies Shariah Law, a code of principles that many Muslims follow as part of their faith.

Legg Mason rebrands Citigroup AM as ClearBridge Advisors

Legg Mason has renamed the former Citigroup Asset Management US Equity Group, which it acquired from Citigroup in December last year, to Clearbridge Advisors.