Australia’s second largest independent dealer group, Count Financial, has upgraded its profit guidance on the back of what it has described as continued strong growth in ...

Boutique property fund manager MacarthurCook has launched a diversified property fund....

Fund managers have delivered a strong rebuke to research groups who diversify into investment management, with over 80 per cent claiming the move creates serious conflict...

In an attempt to boost the performance of its funds management business, Colonial First State is about to set up a new outsourcing deal with a major global player....

The recent decision by UBS to prevent van Eyk from reviewing its funds has focused attention on whether a conflict of interest exists where a research house offers servic...

AXA has cut the fees on its Summit platform in a move that the company admits is partly due to competitive pricing from ‘lite’ platforms....

APN Funds Management has secured platform specialist John Hyslop as its new national sales and distribution manager....

Consumer complaints against financial planners have fallen dramatically, prompting claims that measures taken to clean up the profession were starting to take hold....

ING Australia, the joint venture between ING group and ANZ, has booked a net profit after tax of $327 million for calendar 2004, up 52 per cent on 2003’s result which was...

The part sale of Professional Investment Services (PIS) is beginning to cast aspersions on the future of the country’s other large independent dealer group, Count Financi...

You would think Barry Lambert has flown the flag of independence boldly and proudly enough over the past few years to well and truly bury any question he might consider s...

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has moved swiftly to address service level concerns of dealer groups using its newly acquired Symetry platform as the bank attempts to ...

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has moved swiftly to address service level concerns of dealer groups using its newly acquired Symetry platform as the bank attempts to ...

Count Financial reported a better than anticipated $4.99 million half year after tax profit today, and immediately upscaled its forecasts for the remainder of the year....