EQUITY MARKETS

Financial planning

ING Australia will reverse the trend to move into retail with the launch of a wholesale version of its retail Tax Effective Income Trust tomorrow following the fund’s str...

Financial planning

Strong inflows and solidly performing equity markets have assisted in expanding the size of the retail managed funds market by 4.3 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2003 ...

Financial planning

HFA Asset Management has launched two new funds - the HFA International Shares Fund and the HFA Australian Shares Fund - into the retail market targeting investors seekin...

Financial planning

Some investors are unaware of the risks associated with debentures and unsecured notes, says Margaret Callinan....

Financial planning

Westpac Banking Corporation today - a year to the day since announcing its acquisition of BT Financial Group - says synergies from the highly publicised purchase last yea...

Funds management

The wealth management divisions of major banks languished over the 2002/03 financial year, with total earnings excluding appraisal adjustments increasing by a total of on...

Editorial

Macquarie Bank has recorded a record profit of $242 million after tax attributable to ordinary shareholders for the half year to September 30 2003, up 32 per cent on the ...

Financial planning

Navigator has added its first capital protected fund to its platform in a bid to coax nervous investors back into equity investments from cash....

Editorial

The announcement of a healthy 15.6 per cent growth in funds under administration for St George-owned Sealcorp over the past twelve months today has significantly boosted ...

Funds management

Australian equities were the stand-out performer when compared to other asset classes in the month of October, after the S&P 200/ASX finished up 3.2 per cent....

Financial planning

Western Australian financial services group BankWest has launched a new financial planning company - BWA Financial Services - targeting a broad spectrum of its existing c...

Financial planning

Australia has overtaken Italy when measured by total managed fund assets, putting it in fourth place worldwide behind the United States, France and Luxembourg....

Financial planning

IOOF is facing potentially damaging legal action from aggrieved investors who lost money in traded policies with AM Corporation (AM Corp)....

Financial planning

Macquarie Bank has partnered with financial planning group, Professional Investment Services to launch a new six-year capital protected Australian equities investment pro...

Financial planning

Markets in August provided growth-oriented superannuation funds with another bumper month of returns, reinforcing the notion that investors should focus on long-term inve...

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Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....

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