Suncorp Metway rounded off the 2003-04 financial year on a high today by reporting a record 61 per cent increase in net profit across all three of its main business areas...
Trans-Tasman financial services firm Promina Group improved profits by more than 50 per cent for the 2004 financial year after reporting a net profit of $204 million - a ...
IOOF management is no longer living ‘hand to mouth’ as greater earnings certainty, stemming partly from positive inflows in the 2004 financial year, is enabling managemen...
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Count Financial Limited has reported a $9.01 million net profit for the year to June 30, 2004 - up 53 per cent or $3.14 million on the previous corresponding period....
Robert Keavney returns to the topic of hedge funds, and stands firm on his view that this asset class requires a higher level of wariness among advisers....
Freedom and adventure are not usually associated with financial planning, but Western Pacific Financial Group finds a little of each goes a long way in building a dealers...
With a broad and deep research offering, Assirt has plenty more to offer, as Ross Kelly investigates....
After some tough times, Morningstar has become a self-sustaining research business with advisory groups opening up the doors to external offerings. Kate Kachor reports....
The planning industry is placing greater emphasis on in-house research, but this is no major threat to larger research houses like InvestorWeb, writes Kate Kachor....
Boutique research house Zenith Investment Partners is ready to take its model to the advisory market. John Wilkinson reports....
Standard & Poor’s has a long history in the financial industry and as Rebecca Evans reports, it is planning for a great future....
The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...
It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...