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Financial planning

13 Sep

InTech combines assured managers

InTech has launched its first stand-alone fund to non-consulting clients - an international fund-of-fund consisting of high conviction investment managers with little reg...

Superannuation

10 Sep

Govt to invest surplus in retirement fund

The Federal Government is to create a ‘Future Fund’ to channel surplus revenue into and assist it in meeting its ongoing superannuation liabilities....

Financial planning

09 Sep

DST pushes into Indonesia

Investment management software provider, DST International, is set to extend its regional presence with plans to open a new office in Jakarta on October 1 in a move that ...

Financial planning

08 Sep

Labor’s super policy slammed

The Federal Opposition’s proposed tax plan has been branded short term and opportunistic, with yesterday’s announcement by Labor leader Mark Latham triggering a barrage o...

Financial planning

07 Sep

Advisers bogged down by administration

Financial advisers spend almost 20 per cent of their time bogged down in administration with an average planner only affording 10 per cent of his/her working day to sourc...

Financial planning

07 Sep

AXA gets valued ahead of takeover talks

AXA Asia Pacific has commissioned consultancy group Grant Samuel to conduct an independent valuation of its operations so that shareholders have a yardstick to compare it...

Financial planning

06 Sep

ING platforms get facelift

ING has reduced its fees and added more investment options to its retail master trust, OneAnswer, in a move suggesting heightened competition in the platform space is for...

Financial planning

06 Sep

ASIC strikes agreement with Japanese regulator

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has reached an accord with its counterpart in Japan - the Financial Services Agency - to raise the level of co-operat...

People & Products

02 Sep

Former HSBC equity head joins SG Hiscock

Melbourne-based boutique property fund manager SG Hiscock has launched a domestic equities investment division and hired former HSBC Asset Management head of Australian e...

Financial planning

30 Aug

Pengana, BGI ramp up distribution

Pengana Capital and Barclays Global Investors are both stepping up their dealer group and platform focus with the appointment of a national distribution manager and a na...