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It is as spectacular a fall from grace as you are ever likely to see. In the heady days of 1999 and early 2000, stock markets were floating on a wave of tech-fuelled euph...

Funds management

AMP Henderson Global Investors' (AMPH) former New Zealand equities manager Stephen Walker is suing the company for nearly NZ$1 million....

Financial planning

Assirt has singled out for praise the Australian equities capabilities of Macquarie Investment Management (MIM) in its most recent rating of the funds management group....

Financial planning

The retailisation trend does not appear to be a local phenomenon, generated by our market conditions but rather is also evident in international markets....

Financial planning

A meeting of the minds facilitated by Morningstar recently concluded that international sharemarkets offer the best growth opportunities for Australian investors in the n...

Financial planning

UBS Asset Management (UBSAM) has started the new year on a positive note after research house Assirt handed the group a solid overall rating and awarded its Australian eq...

People & Products

The last remaining founder of Portfolio Partners, David Slack, has left the company which he co-founded the company in 1994 with Keith Ince and a group of former County N...

Funds management

Listed property trusts (LPT) have finished 2001 as the best performing asset class for Australia investors, rewarding those who flocked to defensive sectors both before a...

Financial planning

Rothschild Australia Asset Management is set to enter into three new strategic alliances that will see it outsource its global fixed interest, global listed property and ...

Financial planning

Over the past month, ING Australia has retrenched close to100 people across the board following an overall reorganisation of the business....

Financial planning

Shrugging off recent ructions surrounding its management, Morningstar has downgraded BNP Paribas and Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (MLIM), dropping the first to one s...

Financial planning

Tower Asset Management (TAM) chief investment officer Craig Turnbull has left the funds management group after it announced a restructure within the senior ranks....

Financial planning

Research house InvestorWeb is considering taking legal action against BT Funds Management over allegations made by BT’s chief investment officer Gary Symons that the rati...

Financial planning

The Insurance and Savings Ombudsman (ISO) has hit out at a New Zealand financial services firm, accusing it of undermining the credibility of its scheme in order to avoid...

Financial planning

Boutique funds management group Investors Mutual will launch two new funds before the end of the year as part of an expansion plan according to managing director Anton Ta...

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