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Financial planning

07 Jul

Sanford Securities’ execs step down from board

Sanford Securities chairman Clive Hall resigned late last week in the light of IWL’s move to compulsorily acquire the less than 5 per cent of the group’s stock it is yet ...

Financial planning

07 Jul

Bill Ireland re-emerges

The founder and former managing director of Challenger International Bill Ireland has re-emerged in the industry after being appointed managing director of Australian Ass...

Financial planning

07 Jul

Big things in small packages

The corporate superannuation market might be shrinking but opportunities for advisers still abound. Craig Phillips reports....

Funds management

07 Jul

APRA softens stance but remains adamant

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has moved to clarify its attitude towards hedge fund investing after comments it made back in March alarmed investor...

Financial planning

04 Jul

Less than one in five managers in the black

With only five growth-oriented investment managers ending the financial year in positive territory the median likewise focused superannuation fund has returned -2 per cen...

People & Products

03 Jul

Deutsche appoints new property exec

Deutsche Asset Management has appointed Peter Cashmore as senior portfolio manager for the Deutsche Paladin Property Securities team....

Financial planning

02 Jul

Tower opts for more equitable recap bid

Tower Limited has opted for what it deems a “fairer” and more “certain” recapitalisation proposal after abandoning the option proposed by Guinness Peat Group in favour of...

Financial planning

01 Jul

Macquarie unites with Asian player

Macquarie Funds Management now has almost $6 billion invested in Asian joint ventures after taking a 40 per cent stake in Taiwanese boutique fund management firm United S...

Financial planning

27 Jun

Macquarie and van Eyk strike Blueprint deal

Macquarie Wrap Solutions has struck a deal with van Eyk Research to utilise the latter’s Blueprint series of funds across its two platforms - the high net worth Macquarie...

Financial planning

26 Jun

Navigator enters alternative fray

Navigator has added a new hybrid and high yield category to its platform to provide those investors disappointed by the under performance of traditional asset classes wit...