FINANCIAL PLANNING

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As part of a plan to offer advisers an in-house direct investment capability, independent dealer group Mawson Securities has bought Adelaide based stockbroking and invest...

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AXA Asia Pacific reported an 18 per cent rise in operating earnings (excluding health) to $354.2 million this morning, yet this failed to translate into higher margins wi...

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Macquarie Wrap’s record December performance that saw it attract more than half a billion dollars in inflows will help the bank’s Financial Services Group to a strong res...

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Richard Borysiewicz has been rewarded for a successful seven months heading distribution for Skandia by being granted a place on the group’s board....

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A Queensland based man has been committed to stand trial after an investigation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission alleged he dishonestly induced inv...

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Stock research firm Fat Prophets is aiming to launch a boutique listed investment company in a move that will push the group into the realm of buying and selling shares f...

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Standard and Poor’s (S&P) has wasted no time taking up the challenge to its competitors following its purchase of Assirt from the St George bank last week, claiming it wo...

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Van Eyk Research has forged two new research alliances and is finalising a third, as it fills in gaps on its ‘irate’ on-line investment rating tool....

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The peak association for investment researchers is pushing ahead with a campaign to improve the quality of retail managed fund and master trust research, offering retail ...

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Specialist mortgage and property fund managers MFS Limited has retrenched its entire five-person marketing team and four others from its Gold Coast head office....

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The Kerry Packer backed Challenger group’s ambitions to build a household financial planning brand have hit a slight hitch, with the group forced to change the name of it...

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IWL is set to acquire the underlying broking assets of Rivkin Financial Services-owned Avcol Stockbroking in a deal worth $10.2 million....

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