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Financial services group Challenger International and Kerry Packer’s CPH Investment Corp have officially combined in a $1.1 billion merger....

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The IWL group has forecast operating earnings of $5 million for the year ending June 30, a figure $3 million greater than last year and more than $2.6 million up on the f...

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Macquarie Funds Management now has almost $6 billion invested in Asian joint ventures after taking a 40 per cent stake in Taiwanese boutique fund management firm United S...

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Financial services firm Investor Group has issued a subdued earnings forecast for the 2002/03 financial year attributing the performance to depressed markets and weak con...

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Advisers with AM Corporation will receive a part share of the proceeds from the sale of the business to IOOF after former majority owner and found David Smith indicated h...

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The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has slammed a recommendation by the Federal Joint Parliamentary Committee on Corporations and Financial Services that may allow a...

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Hartleys Limited will unveil a writedown of at least $21 million for the financial year ending today due to costs associated with the restructure of the group, and has ap...

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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has released details of how it will administer conduct and disclosure requirements for financial planners unde...

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Tower Australia has appointed former Royal & SunAlliance general manager sales and marketing Ken Brewer as the new head of its recently restructured Pivotal dealer group....

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Listed financial planning company Snowball Group has appointed Trent Capital managing director Andrew Brown as a non-executive director of the company, and given Trent, a...

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Macquarie Wrap Solutions has struck a deal with van Eyk Research to utilise the latter’s Blueprint series of funds across its two platforms - the high net worth Macquarie...

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The Tower Group has created a new asset management group in Australia which it says will combine Tower Asset Management with some investment functions of Tower Trust Aust...

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