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Financial planning

18 April 2005

Van Eyk acts on ‘cheap’ growth call

Van Eyk has acted on its belief that ‘growth’ stocks are cheap globally, replacing Wellington International Management with what it has called a “deeper growth” manager f...

Financial planning

18 April 2005

HSBC’s retail kingmaker gets kept

Challenger Financial Services has signalled it is serious about winning over more advisers, confirming that HSBC Asset Management’s head of distribution will join it foll...

Financial planning

18 April 2005

AMP rewards responsibility

A company’s level of social responsibility has become a bigger factor in the management of AMP Capital Investors’ sustainable and mainstream Australian equity funds, foll...

Life/Risk

12 April 2005

Centrestone adds risk insurance practice

Centrestone Wealth Advisory Group has acquired the risk insurance practise of Garvan Financial Planning risk insurance representative Phil Dixon....

Financial planning

11 April 2005

Macquarie fills research head gap

Macquarie Funds Management has appointed Lloyd Alty as head of research for its cash, fixed interest and currency division, filling a role left vacant for the past six mo...

Funds management

6 April 2005

Property syndicate brings home the bacon

Property syndicator WRF Securities has claimed the 17.5 per cent return on its just-completed Armidale No.1 Property Syndicate proves that unlisted property is tax-effect...

Financial planning

5 April 2005

Count lures Albury dealer group

Count Financial has coaxed Albury-based financial planning firm, The Next Step, away from its previous institutionally-owned dealer group....

Financial planning

3 April 2005

Mortgage sales defy sceptics for now

Reports of the property market’s death have been greatly exaggerated, according to a new survey showing a 14.7 per cent rise in mortgage sales across Australia during Mar...

Financial planning

31 March 2005

Three extra cents from Three Pillars

Van Eyk Three Pillars, the listed quantitative investor in Australian equities, has shared its high returns with investors by paying a special dividend....

Financial planning

31 March 2005

Capstone to push into NSW

Capstone Financial Planning has targeted New South Wales as the next stage in its growth plans with the dealer group now holding more than $1 billion of funds under advic...