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Tower Limited has sold most of its life business to NZ-owned Fidelity Life to focus on general insurance....
Financial planning
The Trust Company board has unanimously recommended that shareholders support the acquisition proposal by Perpetual, in the absence of a superior proposal....
Editorial
AMP has driven solid cashflows out of its platform acquisitions, but planning firm flows prove patchy....
Financial planning
Perpetual has made an offer to acquire The Trust Company, after Equity Trustees’ bid was deemed too low. ...
Editorial
Macquarie Group has announced a 17 per cent increase in net profit of $851 million for the full-year ended 31 March....
Editorial
BT Financial Group’s performance has helped drive a solid first-half performance for Westpac....
Financial planning
Countplus chairman Barry Lambert points to new strategy and possible listing as ultimately benefiting younger principals....
Financial planning
Financial services group WHK has forecast a 20 per cent decline in earnings amid continuing speculation over the status of a merger with SFG. ...
Accounting
Countplus looks to offer member principals another publicly-listed vehicle....
Financial planning
Wilson HTM Investments has confirmed to the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) today that an investigation is underway into allegations leveled against its managing dir...
Funds management
Ratings house, Standard & Poor’s has been targeted for litigation in the wake of proposed Lehman settlement with Australian councils....
Superannuation
Improved investor sentiment fuelled by strong equity markets is resulting in a growing demand for bespoke structured products, according to George Lucas, managing directo...
Editorial
There are more productive ways of gaining income from shares than relying purely on dividends and share price appreciation, writes Drew Corbett....
Funds management
Equity research company Skaffold has surveyed 100 investors to find their preferences for equity markets performance for the next 12 months....
Financial planning
Trading in State Street Global Advisers' latest exchange-traded fund (ETF) product — the SPDR S&P World ex-Australia — began on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) t...
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