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Financial planning

Tower Australia is offering 17 of its senior executives a total of 6.1 million share options, each for one Tower ordinary share....

Funds management

Capacity constraints are likely to emerge in the hedge funds sector with demand for Australian hedge funds from retail and institutional investors expected to continue th...

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Financial planning

Liquidators have been appointed to wind up Westpoint Corporation following an application by ASIC to have the company shutdown on grounds of insolvency....

Financial planning

ASIC has reiterated its intention to scrutinise the role of financial advisers in Westpoint’s failed mezzanine property lending products after the Federal opposition leve...

People & Products

The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has appointed two independent board directors to replace former chairman Kathryn Greiner and David Elsum, who resign...

Financial planning

Just a few minutes ago, I finished speaking by phone with the son of a long-standing client. Our client’s son is 23 years of age and is in his first job, having completed...

Financial planning

Former Victorian Premier Jeff Kennett has warned that some current reverse mortgage providers will fail in what he predicts will be a burgeoning market. His warning came ...

Financial planning

Listed financial services education provider Tribeca has entered into a purchase agreement with United States-based education provider and business trade publisher Kaplan...

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Financial planning

A former Queensland financial planner has been sentenced to four and a half years imprisonment after pleading guilty to six fraud charges brought by the Australian Securi...

Funds management

St George-owned pooled development fund Ascalon Capital Managers has added Fortuna Funds Management to its stable of boutique funds managers, agreeing to purchase an equi...

Financial planning

Direct investment company Explorer Group has taken a strategic stake in boutique fund manager Above the Index Asset Management and gained the services of industry stalwar...

Financial planning

Independent dealership Mawson Group is currently looking for a new head, after current chief executive Les Mace announced he was leaving the group to start up his own bus...

Financial planning

Count Financial expects to back up its strong performance in the first half of 2005-06, forecasting half-year earnings before interest and tax 70 per cent higher than in ...

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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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