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18 Apr

Frank Russell joins up with Associated Planners

The Frank Russell Company has formed a new alliance to distribute its series of multi-manager fund through the Associated Planners dealer group amidst continuing speculat...

Financial planning

18 Apr

ANZ planners left out of ING joint venture

The ANZ Bank will look to double its adviser sales force to over 600 within three years after it was confirmed yesterday that its in-house financial planners would not be...

Financial planning

18 Apr

Macquarie prepares linked bond test case

The Macquarie Bank is preparing to take on the Australian Tax Office (ATO) in court in a bid to reverse the tax office’s decision to disallow tax deductions for so-called...

Financial planning

18 Apr

Aussie players expand into Asia

Australian based companies are preparing to capture a bigger slice of the burgeoning market for financial services in Asia with at least three major organisations making ...

Financial planning

18 Apr

APX in limbo

Plans for the launch of the much-anticipated Australian Property Exchange (APX) are once again in limbo with ASIC refusing to provide a firm timetable to give the venture...

Financial planning

18 Apr

Hillross to target banks in expansion drive

AMP’s wholly owned external financial planning dealer group, Hillross Financial, has today launched an ambitious recruitment drive in an effort to double the number of it...

Financial planning

15 Apr

ASIC to pursue regulatory crackdown on solicitors schemes

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has released the final report of its investigation into solicitors mortgage schemes, calling for a beefed up r...

Financial planning

11 Apr

ANZ planners left out of ING JV

The ANZ Bank will look to double its adviser sales force to over 600 within three years after it was confirmed yesterday that its in-house financial planners would not be...

Financial planning

11 Apr

EQT launches small fund

The investment management division of the Melbourne based Equity Trustees group, EQT Fund Management, has launched a small companies fund targeted specifically at retail ...

Financial planning

11 Apr

Commonwealth restructures its dealer groups

The Commonwealth Bank has given Colonial Financial Services and Financial Wisdom planners the opportunity to choose which dealer group they wish to operate under as part ...