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Financial planning

UK heavyweight financial services provider Standard Life has signed a six-year contract with First NZ Capital (FNZ) to deliver a wrap service to the independent financial...

Financial planning

Direct investment company Explorer Group has taken a strategic stake in boutique fund manager Above the Index Asset Management and gained the services of industry stalwar...

Financial planning

The Advance Concentrated Australian Share Fund, managed by boutique firm MIR, is now available on the Asgard, BT and Macquarie wraps....

Financial planning

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The investment and planning world seems to be dividing into two camps with respect to “alternative” investment strategies and assets (hedge funds, managed futures, commod...

Financial planning

The FPA’s Principles on Conflicts of Interest have been refined into four statements following feedback from its membership....

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Count Financial expects to back up its strong performance in the first half of 2005-06, forecasting half-year earnings before interest and tax 70 per cent higher than in ...

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

Coin Software was the top ranking financial planning software and IWL’s VisiPlan had the fastest rate of enhancement in 2005, according to an independent competitive repo...

Financial planning

The paper work burden for financial planners has just been lightened by the release of a new product that allows planners to process electronic applications for investmen...

Financial planning

The first separately managed account for wraps has been launched by Direct Portfolio Services, and the company is currently in discussions with a number of platforms abou...

Financial planning

Navigator has added six funds to its Personal Investment Plan and Personal Retirement Plan platforms, including four funds from Fidelity Investments, two of which were la...

Editorial

The fortunes of Westpac Banking Corporation continue to climb after it delivered a record profit of $2,818 million for the year ended September 30, 2005, representing an ...

Financial planning

Financial Wisdom believes it is well on the way to growing its team of authorised representatives beyond its target of 400 by the end of the year, after signing up three ...

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