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Ian Showman has vacated his post as managing director of Godfrey Pembroke to take up a new post within the Lend Lease group as chief executive of its new outsourcing serv...

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A range of UK investment products are expected to become available in Australia with Colonial’s latest acquisition, a Scottish fund manager....

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Fixed interest products are set to boom as a result of recent capital gains tax (CGT) changes, says one manager....

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Norwich Union and CGU are to merge to form CGNU, the biggest British insurer, worth STG19 billion ($48.69 billion) and strong enough to compete on the interna-tional stag...

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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has continued its busy start to the new year....

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Recently formed Australian investment company Castle Capital Management has formed an alliance with European specialist fund manager Kempen Capital Man-agement (UK)....

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Australian Clearing Services (ACS) has formed another alliance with a financial services provider — Norwich Union’s Navigator....

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Despite sagging recent performance, Macquarie Equities has come out in support of income securities in a report released earlier this week....

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AMP remains Australia’s biggest retail fund manager while the BT Group is clawing back market share, according to the latest figures from Plan for Life....

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Last month, Australia’s investment watchdog fired out a missive to investors alerting them to the dangers of the margin lending market. Samantha Walker asked the in-dustr...

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The Australian Investments and Securities Commission’s (ASIC) policy statement on master funds and wraps has met with cautious approval from Australia’s largest master fu...

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Did you Know….master trusts prosper By Samantha Walker In spite of some industry pundits predicting the death of the master trust, the past year has seen these investme...

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