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Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu has beefed up its financial services presence in Australia and Asia, announcing a merger with Trowbridge Consulting....

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QBE Insurance has made a second tilt at British insurance group Limit, with a $900 million cash offer....

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Colonial has finally offloaded its United Kingdom life insurance and pensions business to Swiss insurance group Winterthur for $891 million....

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Net inflows into the New Zealand retail funds industry during the March quarter were up almost $NZ60 million on the last quarter, according to the latest IPAC market shar...

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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has banned Sydney-based finan-cial adviser Howard Owen for two years....

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Ord Minnett has brushed aside the wreckage of last month's tech stock shakeup to emerge with Australia's first big technology venture capital fund for retail investors....

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BNP Investment Management (Australia) (BNP) has signed an agreement with MFS Institutional Advisers (Australia) (MFS) for exclusive use of MFS investment products and ser...

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Wholesale fund manager UBS Asset Management (UBSAM) has lowered the entry figure for access to its funds while also introducing a dial-up trailing commission...

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Wes McMaster has relinquished his position at the helm of both Bleakleys and Advisor Investment Services....

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AustChoice has pulled out of its deal to acquire Consolidated Financial Services (CFS), managing director Roger Gumley has told Money Management....

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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) is firing up its ef-forts to discourage investors from investing in dodgy tax driven investments....

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Mike Dunne has joined Ipac as technology and business services general manager in a bid to enhance its e-commerce capabilities to advisers....

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