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Financial planning

As predicted, investment banking and funds management giant Macquarie Bank has raked in another bumper profit of close to half a billion dollars, largely underpinned by a...

Financial planning

Former US Vice-President Al Gore has urged Australian superannuation fund trustees to avoid short-termism when assessing investment strategies....

Financial planning

The estimated $140 billion that will go into the Federal Government’s Future Fund over the next 15 years may not be managed by external fund managers, but controlled inte...

Financial planning

Perth-based dealer group Western Pacific has further boosted its presence on the eastern seaboard by lifting its holding in listed financial planning firm Snowball from 9...

Editorial

Strong first-quarter growth in investment funds under management has motivated Perpetual Trustees Australia to forecast a 15 per cent rise in operating profit after tax f...

Financial planning

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Financial planning

Australian Unity members have taken the first steps in the demutualisation process by voting to allow the matter to be put to members....

Funds management

Negative returns across its hedge fund investments have left listed investment vehicle Pengana Managers over $1 million in the red....

Financial planning

What do the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and the Australian Consumers Association (ACA) really want from financial services? What can be left o...

Financial planning

Australian Unity has boosted profits on the back of growing funds under management as it edges closes to a decision on a possible demutualisation....

Financial planning

The FPA has denounced harsh criticism of its highly anticipated $3 million advertising campaign by the AIA as hastily constructed, ill-informed and biased....

Financial planning

Encouraging people to take baby steps to improve their finances and avoid the “grim reaper” of monetary disaster will be the focus of the Financial Literacy Foundation’s ...

Financial planning

Perpetual Trustees is the next financial services company off the reporting season blocks to herald good news for investors, with strong growth in funds under management ...

Financial planning

A new index which tracks the performance of companies with the highest standards of corporate and social responsibility has outperformed more mainstream investment indexe...

Financial planning

Aviva Australia and listed financial services conglomerate, Wide Bay Australia, have collectively acquired a controlling stake in a boutique Queensland dealer group, Fina...

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