Colonial is to slash its retail product range as part of the rationalisation following the mergers with Legal & General and Prudential....
Several former Norwich executives have launched a new Melbourne-based investment company to offer a retail unit trust dealing in wholesale property trusts....
Colonial is to rationalise its banner groups from four to two — Financial Wisdom and Colonial Financial Services — following last year’s take-overs....
US-based funds management giant Vanguard is beginning to see the kind of success in Australia that pushed the group to its solid number two position in the US mutual fund...
An independent report by KPMG has endorsed the merger of StateGuard and Lifeplan friendly societies....
The future of Jardine Fleming’s retail funds will be decided in the next few weeks, with the business probably moving to associate broking firm Ord Minnett....
Property as an asset class in Australia has generated strong returns in recent years, with listed trusts outperforming the stock market. But there are signs of a softenin...
Property will perform favourably against other asset classes again in 1999 and annual returns of about 10 per cent are forecast for the next three years, according to a l...
Contango Asset Management has won its first mandates from Sydney-based investors, co-director David Stevens has told <I>Money Management</I>....
Financial planners could be selling equities without having to go through a broker within the next 12 months....
Insignia Financial has made four appointments, including three who have joined from TAL, to lead strategy and innovation in its retirement solutions for the MLC brand....
A former Brisbane financial adviser has been charged with 26 counts of dishonest conduct regarding a failure to disclose he would receive substantial commission payments ...
Pinnacle Investment Management has announced it will acquire strategic interests in two international fund managers for $142 million....
This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...
Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....
It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...