AUSTRALIAN SECURITIES EXCHANGE

Financial planning

Cromwell property group looks to stabilise its property fund and resume unit-holder distributions by purchasing property holdings....

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Editorial

AMP reports a $772 million underlying profit for 2009, down 5 per cent on 2008....

Editorial

The recent announcement by the Australian Clearing House that it has added the first ETF to its list of acceptable collateral represents a watershed moment in the life of...

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Financial planning

MMC Contrarian will acquire Bupa Australia's life insurance and wealth management businesses, MBF Life and Clearview Retirement Solutions, for $195 million....

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Financial planning

Shares in MMC Contrarian have been placed in a trading halt as the group prepares to announce an acquisition....

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Financial planning

AXA Asia Pacific has reinforced its preference for National Australia Bank’s bid for its Australian wealth management assets, while saying discussions between the two gro...

Financial planning

One hundred members of the Association of Independently-Owned Financial Planners will be in Vietnam this weekend for the association's two-day annual conference....

Financial planning

Secret talks between Count Financial and Mortgage Choice about combining their respective mortgage businesses have been called off....

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Financial planning

AXA chief executive Andrew Penn has revealed the degree to which the company is positioned to handle regulatory change and a fee-for-service environment....

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Financial planning

The Treasury's Audit Quality in Australia review does not address vital issues that threaten to undermine the quality of auditing, says BDO....

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Financial planning

Australian delays in adopting regulations currently in place in the UK, which are facilitating a shift from insurance to a managed investment focus, will have a high cost...

Financial planning

The Financial Services Working Group is close to finalising the streamlined disclosure documentation attaching to margin loans, superannuation and managed investment sche...

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Financial planning

The completion of the Landmark Financial Services acquisition hands ANZ market dominance in agribusiness finance....

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Financial planning

Behind the separate branding, Westpac and St George are now, officially, a single entity....

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Financial planning

Regulatory changes to the way Australia’s security market is supervised are being discussed, with ASIC releasing a consultation paper relating to proposed changes to its ...

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