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Trust Company has announced the completion of its merger with Permanent Trustees and has posted a pre-tax profit of $7.2 million for the year ending February 2003, with P...

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Van Eyk Research has downgraded one AMP fund and placed another on hold, after negatively reassessing the group’s business management rating and given the uncertainty now...

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The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia will make a series of recommendations to industry regulators and the Federal Government on a standard level of disclo...

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Macquarie Bank has boosted its alternative investments offering to retail investors with the launch of the Macquarie Forestry Investment (MFI) Fund....

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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) have called for a greater industry effort to b...

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Sanford Securities chairman Clive Hall resigned late last week in the light of IWL’s move to compulsorily acquire the less than 5 per cent of the group’s stock it is yet ...

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Former Westpac head of financial planning and advice Brett Himbury has struck a short-term deal with Tower Australia to provide advice on the restructure of its dealer gr...

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The founder and former managing director of Challenger International Bill Ireland has re-emerged in the industry after being appointed managing director of Australian Ass...

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The corporate superannuation market might be shrinking but opportunities for advisers still abound. Craig Phillips reports....

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Margin lending is not the only way to get into gearing. Philip McLean looks at instalments as an alternative....

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Major banks will have to seriously rethink their strategies following disappointing earnings from their wealth management arms. Lisa Bowman reports....

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With only five growth-oriented investment managers ending the financial year in positive territory the median likewise focused superannuation fund has returned -2 per cen...

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