AUSTRALIAN MARKET

Rate the raters

Despite announcing it would close its doors in Australia in October, S&P hasn’t dropped the ball, bringing in consistent results from respondents in Money Management’s Ra...

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Financial planning

Product providers are turning to software solutions to help them get new investment products to the market ahead of legislative changes, according to Bravura Solutions he...

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Financial planning

The Standard & Poor's Fund Services 2012 Mortgage Fund Sector Review has been reduced to just three managers following a number of withdrawals, but those that remained al...

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Superannuation

The Australian market for exchange-traded funds continues to grow, according to BetaShares' April review, which points to funds under management just shy of the recorded ...

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Financial planning

Goldman Sachs Asset Management has been awarded van Eyk Research's top rating for its Equities Wholesale Fund....

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People & Products

Ross Kent has been promoted from senior managing director - institutional relationships to chief executive AllianceBernstein Australia....

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Life/Risk

BT Insurance has launched a range of new protection plans for homemakers and high net worth individuals as well as more flexible application processes for financial advis...

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Financial planning

Specialist insurer Beazley has launched a new product which it says is aimed at protecting conference and exhibition organisers from losses incurred through cancellations...

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Editorial

ING Direct has reported a 10 per cent growth in net profit after tax to $304.3 million, with retail deposits up 12 per cent to $26.1 billion....

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Financial planning

Premium China Funds Management has withdrawn its funds from S&P's ratings services in response to S&P's impending withdrawal from Australian funds research....

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Financial planning

Apostle enters into distribution arrangement for convertible bond specialist, Camden Asset Management....

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Funds management

Global asset flows for fixed income exchange-traded funds and exchange-traded products have hit a new high in January, according to data released by BlackRock....

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People & Products

Asset management firm Parametric has announced the appointment of Scott Lawrence as managing director - Australia....

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Financial planning

Following last year's launch of Australia's first Islamic Australian equity fund, Thomson Reuters and Crescent Wealth have announced the launch of a specialised index tha...

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Financial planning

Following last year's launch of Australia's first Islamic Australian equity fund, Thomson Reuters and Crescent Wealth have announced the launch of a specialised index tha...

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Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

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Minister for Financial Services, Stephen Jones, has provided further information about the second tranche of the Delivering Better Financial Outcomes (DBFO) reforms....

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