Rothschild Australia Asset Management (RAAM) will hand over more than $800 million of its international equity investments to US manager Putnam Investments early next yea...

Independent financial planners remain the number one choice for consumers looking for financial advice, according to the recent Challenger International/ Assirt Invest-me...

AMP Financial Planning managing director Steve Helmich has been appointed to the Financial Planning Association’s (FPA) board to rep-resent the large dealer groups....

Fiducian Portfolio Services has laid down its plans for a listing on the Australian Stock Exchange....

The Vanguard Group’s 500 Index Fund has become the second managed fund to reach the US $100 billion mark in assets under management, according to Bloomberg....

St George Bank has launched its second venture capital fund with the release of a $64 million wholesale pooled development fund focussing on the booming technology and In...

Financial services giant AMP will use its' network of planners and advisers across the country to help attract customers to a new loan product offered by the banking arm,...

Mercantile Mutual has embarked on an aggressive growth strategy for its financial planning business....

Macquarie’s financial planning boss Robyn FitzRoy has ruled out acquiring finan-cial planning dealer groups to bolster its adviser numbers....

In a sign which indicates the improving financial environment in Asia, Japan has taken the third position among the world's biggest managed fund markets while the US and ...

Swiss Re, one of the biggest reinsurance groups in the world, has purchased US-based Underwriters Re, the property and casualty reinsurer of Alleghany Corp, for $US725 mi...