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Financial planning

The name Axiom has returned to funds management in Australia, this time in the guise of boutique property manager based in Melbourne....

Financial planning

UBS Global Asset Management has taken out the overall title to win the most prestigious prize in the funds management industry, the Money Management/Assirt Fund Manager o...

Financial planning

Westpac has experienced a 10.2 per cent rise in half year net profit it said today and confirmed it had reached agreement to sell its consumer finance business AGC to GE ...

Financial planning

A firm industry presence and successful network of financial planners has emerged as the standout features for the top three finalists in Money Management/Assirt’s FMOTY ...

Financial planning

New Zealand authorities continue to crack down on contributory mortgage offerings, but their efforts are almost fruitless....

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has released the final report of its investigation into solicitors mortgage schemes, calling for a beefed up r...

Financial planning

Listed financial services group Challenger International has launched a new high yield fixed interest fund with a goal to significantly outperform traditional cash and fi...

Financial planning

Are you one of the 54 per cent of financial planners that do not have a structured financial plan?...

Financial planning

Feel like conventions are all the same? Same people, same speakers, same food, same giveaways, same flat beer and same tunes being played on the dance floor....

Financial planning

Australia’s retail managed funds market has overcome the market turmoil and investor insecurity that followed the September 11 terrorist attacks in the US to record posit...

Accounting

Lonsdale Financial Group is looking to grow the number of accountancy practices in its framework and to launch software in the second half of this year to help automate t...

Funds management

The speculation surrounding a funds management partner for ANZ has been resolved with the group announcing that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with ING to fo...

Financial planning

Thirty mortgage investment schemes managed by former Western Australian (WA) finance broker Knightsbridge Finance will be wound up under orders from the Supreme Court of ...

Financial planning

A Tasmanian solicitors’ mortgage scheme has been pulled up by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) which has appointed a liquidator to oversee the ...

Financial planning

National Australia Bank (NAB) has rid itself of its troubled American mortgage business, HomeSide, after offloading it to Washington Mutual Inc for $3.7 billion....

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