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Financial planning

28 Feb

Third year a good year for ING Australia

ING Australia, the joint venture between ING group and ANZ, has booked a net profit after tax of $327 million for calendar 2004, up 52 per cent on 2003’s result which was...

Financial planning

25 Feb

Perennial founder Macoun has fight on his hands

The International Wine Investment Fund, where Perennial Investments founder Ian Macoun is managing director-designate, will vote on its future next month in what is shapi...

Financial planning

24 Feb

Macquarie yodels for new income investors

Macquarie Equity Markets has released a second series of ALPS securities, offering an introductory income yield of 12 per cent, with a capital guarantee over the six and ...

Financial planning

22 Feb

Australian shares boost fund performance

Balanced funds that were overweight in Australian shares performed best last month, as the ‘January effect’ lifted the local bourse but passed over the US and Japanese ex...

Life/Risk

21 Feb

There’s life yet for insurers

Australia’s life insurers have an opportunity to grow thanks to the population becoming relatively underinsured, but regulatory and competitive challenges stand before th...

Financial planning

18 Feb

Macquarie FSG does its bit for bottom line

Macquarie Wrap’s record December performance that saw it attract more than half a billion dollars in inflows will help the bank’s Financial Services Group to a strong res...

Financial planning

18 Feb

Skandia rewards Borysiewicz with board seat

Richard Borysiewicz has been rewarded for a successful seven months heading distribution for Skandia by being granted a place on the group’s board....

Financial planning

17 Feb

MFS sheds staff ahead of merger

Specialist mortgage and property fund managers MFS Limited has retrenched its entire five-person marketing team and four others from its Gold Coast head office....

Financial planning

17 Feb

Van Eyk outsources for wider research reach

Van Eyk Research has forged two new research alliances and is finalising a third, as it fills in gaps on its ‘irate’ on-line investment rating tool....

Financial planning

17 Feb

Scholarship for retail investment researchers

The peak association for investment researchers is pushing ahead with a campaign to improve the quality of retail managed fund and master trust research, offering retail ...