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Financial planning

07 Jun

Pengana still seeking LIC capital

Pengana Capital is yet to reach the $30 million cut-off for its scheduled mid-month listed investment company launch - Pengana Managers - despite the passing of its deadl...

Financial planning

03 Jun

Ethical does not equate to lower returns: survey

Investors in ‘ethical’ share portfolios can dismiss the common held view that allocating assets to the sector is synonymous with inferior performance, according to prelim...

Financial planning

02 Jun

Investor Group announces share offer

Investor Group has announced its share issue plans as part consideration for two accounting practices it agreed in principle to acquire in February this year....

Superannuation

02 Jun

Impending retirees advised to wait

The 200,000 Australians reaching retirement age this year are being urged to postpone hanging up their boots to take advantage of superannuation and tax breaks set to kic...

Financial planning

01 Jun

InTech boosts resources

Asset consulting firm InTech Research has further rejigged its senior personnel ranks with the creation of a new head of product and marketing role and the appointment of...

Financial planning

31 May

HHG sells financial advice business

Former AMP-owned HHG is closing its global financial planning operations, Towry Law International (TLI), to new business due to the tough market conditions faced by advi...

Financial planning

28 May

Passive fixed interest managers shine

Vanguard Investments has been given the top rating across three fixed interest categories in Navigator Research’s fixed interest review of 17 managers and over 40 funds i...

Financial planning

28 May

APRA bans two trustees

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has banned two Melbourne-based trustees from the industry after a number of serious Superannuation Industry Supervis...

Financial planning

27 May

Tower out of woods but treading carefully

Tower Limited, 15 months into a two year rebuilding program of the group, appears to have put its recent woes behind it with today’s net profit after tax announcement of ...

Financial planning

26 May

CommInsure revamp to arrest life policy decline

Commonwealth Bank-owned CommInsure, in an attempt to reverse the trend away from life insurance, has moved to make life insurance cover more accessible both in terms of p...