Stuart Engel

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Financial planning

16 Sep

It is becoming cheaper to invest in Australian shares and fixed interest, but more expensive to go international, according to the latest InTech investment manage-ment fe...

Funds management

16 Sep

Trio of launches shows that private equity is heating up

The private equity market appear to be hotting up with the launch of the third retail offering in the sector in the last six months....

Funds management

16 Sep

Merc makes its property play

Mercantile Mutual has made its intentions clear that it wants to be a major player in property funds management, launching a $112 million takeover bid for Heine Man-ageme...

Financial planning

02 Sep

Tower seeks right alignments

Tower Life Australia is looking to expand its distribution reach by way of alliances....

Life/Risk

02 Sep

Life insurers play dirty: MP

Life insurers have been accused of using dirty tricks to avoid paying out claims made by people with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS)....

Superannuation

02 Sep

Retirement now the savings motivator

Retirement has overtaken travel and holidays as the primary motiva-tion for the first time in the Melbourne Institute household savings report's history....

Financial planning

02 Sep

Brand or bland awareness...where do you sit?

The term "bland awarenes" is an old marketing adage used to describe the sensation of boredom faced by consumers constantly bombarded by marketing messages which are oste...

Financial planning

02 Sep

MIM partners AMEX

Macquarie Investment Management (MIM) is looking to beef up Austra-lia's largest retail fund in the wake of stiff competition in the marketplace....

Financial planning

02 Sep

Retail is dead, long live retail!

There is a revolution happening in retail financial services. Five years ago, the market was bursting at the seams with bundles of new retail investment products for fin...