09:55 AM | Secret talks between Count Financial and Mortgage Choice about combining their respective mortgage businesses have been called off.
08:00 AM | Dominic McCormick explains why it is time for the industry to increase the heat on frozen funds.
9 March 2010 | AXA chief executive Andrew Penn has revealed the degree to which the company is positioned to handle regulatory change and a fee-for-service environment.
5 March 2010 | Australian delays in adopting regulations currently in place in the UK, which are facilitating a shift from insurance to a managed investment focus, will have a high cost for local investors due to the dominance of vested interests in the Australian market, according to Praemium.
3 March 2010 | The Financial Services Working Group is close to finalising the streamlined disclosure documentation attaching to margin loans, superannuation and managed investment schemes.
2 March 2010 | The completion of the Landmark Financial Services acquisition hands ANZ market dominance in agribusiness finance.
1 March 2010 | Behind the separate branding, Westpac and St George are now, officially, a single entity.
1 March 2010 | Regulatory changes to the way Australia’s security market is supervised are being discussed, with ASIC releasing a consultation paper relating to proposed changes to its market integrity rules.
26 February 2010 | WHK Group has increased its footprint in Perth with the tuck-in acquisition of accounting firm Hayes Knight.
23 February 2010 | Listed invested company van Eyk Three Pillars will become a shell of its former self if an asset sell down proposed by the Dixon Advisory-led board is undertaken.
23 February 2010 | Count Financial has lifted its stake in DKN despite the negative response to its earlier purchase of equity.
23 February 2010 | Investment company Hunter Hall has posted a solid half-year result, but has warned that global economic conditions require careful management.
16 February 2010 | Senior executive at Deloitte Andrew Gale takes the reins.
08:00 AM | The executive chairman of Count Financial, Barry Lambert, recently demonstrated the degree to which consolidation has become a
focal point in the Australian financial services industry. Mike Taylor reports.
10 February 2010 | The power to supervise domestic Australian market licensees will be handed over to ASIC today.
10 February 2010 | Suncorp expects improved half year to December 31, 2009, results due to a strong contribution from its general insurance business.
8 February 2010 | ASIC has obtained a declaration against former Citrofresh managing director and chief executive Ravi Narain that he engaged in misleading or deceptive conduct.
4 February 2010 | Count Financial has taken a 5 per cent stake in DKN Financial Group.
1 February 2010 | Macquarie Group is in discussions with Charter Hall about the potential acquisition of parts of Macquarie’s real estate funds management platform, according to a statement released to the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) by Macquarie Group.
29 January 2010 | Proposed changes to the law will strengthen ASIC's investigative powers and increase penalties for market-related offences.
19 January 2010 | A strong December quarter sees Equity Trustees post a better than forecast half-year result.
13 January 2010 | Platinum Capital has indicated a stronger profit for the half-year ended December 31, but suggests net asset value is the better measure.
21 December 2009 | As 2009 comes to a close, Money Management looks at the dealer groups that have dominated the industry.
16 December 2009 | A consortium including Lend Lease managed funds has been named the preferred bidder of $1.4 billion in assets from the ING Retail Property Fund.
09:48 AM | Equity markets may retreat in 2010 as interest rates rise globally, while the Australian share market will be unlikely to hit new highs until 2012, according to Wilson Asset Management.