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Financial planning

19 June 2005

NAB opens one-stop planning/mortgage broking shop

National Australia Bank aims to profit from the trend for financial planners to become mortgage brokers and vice versa, launching a division which provides for the produc...

Financial planning

16 June 2005

Prime Value finds platform homes

Boutique Australian equity manager Prime Value has secured its first listings on two retail platforms....

Financial planning

16 June 2005

MLC makes calculated move

MLC has joined the pre-choice rush to launch online retirement savings calculators....

Financial planning

15 June 2005

Decision on CFS future imminent

Results of the Commonwealth Bank’s review of Colonial First State will be announced before the end of February, as dealer groups and researchers call for a refinement of ...

Funds management

15 June 2005

BT puts one-third into Europe, Asia property

BT Financial Group has reduced the US exposure in its retail global property fund from 100 per cent to 69 per cent, opening up to European and Asian markets as they in tu...

Financial planning

14 June 2005

Colonial outsources LPTs to Pengana

Colonial First State has outsourced half of the listed property trust portfolio in its balanced fund to Pengana Capital....

Financial planning

14 June 2005

Global property ups returns, lessens risk: research

Diversifying into international property would have delivered Australian investors five times the return for half the risk compared to an all-domestic portfolio during th...

Financial planning

9 June 2005

Charter Hall takes bow on ASX

A new listed property security debuts on the Australian Stock Exchange this morning, with Charter Hall Group taking its property trust and attached management company to ...

Financial planning

9 June 2005

NAB sees need for specialist rural planners

Farmers are ill-served by a financial planning industry still based around the pay-as-you-earn mentality, according to the head of a new team of specialist agribusiness p...

Financial planning

9 June 2005

Opposition slams retail fee disclosure

The Federal Opposition has imposed itself on the debate into commission payments in the superannuation industry, using Australian Prudential Regulation Authority data to ...