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Financial planning

27 Nov

Nil-entry-fee option for Colonial

Colonial First State Investments has introduced a nil-entry-fee pricing structure for its investment products, giving investors the option to pay no up front application ...

Financial planning

26 Nov

Howard axes financial services

The Prime Minister, John Howard, has decided to scrap the financial services and regulation portfolio from his new government in a reshuffle of his front bench ministry a...

Financial planning

23 Nov

Planners avoid job market gloom

While the employment market in other sectors, including parts of financial services, is looking decidedly grim in the face of a slowing world economy and the after effect...

Financial planning

23 Nov

FPA sells knowledge to India

The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has finalised an agreement to sell its professional education program to the burgeoning Indian planning industry....

Financial planning

23 Nov

Biotech fund grows investments

Challenger International has confirmed a new investment for its listed biotechnology private equity fund for retail investors, BioTech Capital....

Financial planning

23 Nov

Charterbridge Davey sold after administrator moves in

The Charterbridge Davey dealer group has been sold off to Royal and Sun Alliance after collapsing into voluntary administration under the weight of multi-million dollar c...

Financial planning

22 Nov

Challenger revenue up despite slowdown

Challenger International has managed to secure record revenues of $351.3 million in the September quarter of this year, despite the uncertainty pervading world equity mar...

Funds management

21 Nov

AXA joins hedge fund scene

AXA Australia has become the latest fund manager to propel itself into the ever burgeoning multi-manager hedge fund scene with the launch of a global fund-of-hedge fund t...

Financial planning

20 Nov

Advisers slam bank moves

Independent financial advisers are remaining disillusioned with the big banks in the personal and business superannuation market, a new survey of independent advisers has...

Financial planning

20 Nov

You can run but you can’t hide

The man who turned using the terms “disgraced” and “former police officer” together in the same sentence a cliché, disgraced former NSW police officer Roger “the dodger” ...