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Superannuation

Let's get ethical: Hunter Hall

Ethical fund manager Hunter Hall is proving you can save the world and save for your retirement at the same time, with the group's Global Ethical Trust returning a high 26.4 per cent over the year to December versus its benchmark's much lower 17 per ...

ASSET snares Anglican Provident Fund and shifts to alternatives

ASSET Super has announced it will take on board the Anglican Provident Fund whilst also making a significant commitment to alternative investments.

Centro pushes ahead with US property

Centro Properties is firing on all cylinders with two new retail property syndicates lined up in the next six months following the successful fund raising for its latest US property syndicate, Centro MCS 36.

Bravura momentum rolls on with Essential

Bravura Solutions Limited (Bravura) has added to recent acquisitions by buying a computer systems specialist, Essential Computer Systems (Essential), to drive their online superannuation and adviser support business systems.

New executive officer for Sovereign MF

Boutique property fund manager and developer, Sovereign MF, announced the appointment of Colin Owens as general manager financial services.

NAB sells BNZ Investment Management to AXA

National Australia Bank (NAB) announced it has completed the sale of BNZ Investment Management to Assure New Zealand Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of AXA Asia Pacific Holdings Limited.

Macq opens gateway to global property

Macquarie Adviser Services has launched the European Investors Global Property Trust, a soon-to-list trust designed to give investors access to property companies and trusts overseas.

Loan doubles lure reverse mortgage providers

The story of reverse mortgages looks set to continue, as new figures released by independent market analyst Datamonitor (DTM) show loans for the products more than doubled in 2005.

Platypus piggybacks on fund heavyweight Aust Unity

It is a match made in heaven as top-performing fund Platypus Asset Management and fund giant Australian Unity Investments (AUI) form a joint venture that plays on each other's strengths.

Smooth, but watchful, sailing: Perpetual

With its bottom-up, fundamentals investment style, Perpetual doesn't do fortune telling. Even so, it sees no significant bumps on the horizon.