EQUITY MARKETS

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

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

Challenger International has managed to secure record revenues of $351.3 million in the September quarter of this year, despite the uncertainty pervading world equity mar...

Financial planning

Australia’s funds management industry is shrinking, with the total assets under management dropping by almost 6 per cent since June 30, according to the latest Assirt rep...

Financial planning

The funds arena experienced a significant improvement last month after a series of negative results following the September 11 terrorist attacks, a report by asset consul...

Financial planning

Perpetual Trustees has been hit by a noticeable slump in the flow of funds into its managed investment products as retail investors draw back from equity market investmen...

Financial planning

WealthPoint and Sealcorp chief executives Brett Sanders and Ian Knox respectively, have resigned as directors of WealthPoint Limited in a shake-up of the company’s board ...

Financial planning

The US economy will bounce back early next year and is showing some signs of strengthening already according to Putnam Investments senior vice president Gerald Colleary....

Financial planning

Challenger has opened its Australian share fund to retail investor in an attempt to capitalise on the success of its top ranking Australian equities team....

Financial planning

Australia’s pooled fund managers had more than $4 billion wiped off their bottom line in the first quarter of this financial year as the September 11 tragedy in the US pl...

Financial planning

The Australian managed fund industry is bracing itself for the repercussions of the terrorist attacks in the US as investors respond to the crisis by looking for safe hav...

Funds management

The international and domestic sharemarkets were already suffering significant losses prior to the negative impact of the terrorist attacks in the US, according to result...

Funds management

Macquarie Bank has rolled out Australia’s first instalment warrants over a listed Exchange Traded Fund (ETF)....

Financial planning

Australian shares took a dive in the first month of the new financial year, coming off the back of being one of the top performing asset classes of last financial year....

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

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It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...

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increased professionalism within the industry - shouldn't that say, FAR register almost halving in the last 24 months he...

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Insignia Financial has made four appointments, including three who have joined from TAL, to lead strategy and innovation in its retirement solutions for the MLC brand....

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A former Brisbane financial adviser has been charged with 26 counts of dishonest conduct regarding a failure to disclose he would receive substantial commission payments ...

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Pinnacle Investment Management has announced it will acquire strategic interests in two international fund managers for $142 million....

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