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All Standard & Poor's ASX indices will move to a ‘free float’ model from October 1 this year to reduce portfolio turnover and increase portfolio stability, it was confirm...

Financial planning

OFM Investment Group, created out of the demutualisation of the Over 50s Mutual Friendly Society in July last year, has stated it will list on the Australian Stock Exchan...

Financial planning

BT Funds Management is the latest group to start up a fund in the increasingly popular small caps area, with the BT Australian Small Companies Fund launched this week....

Editorial

Financial services group Beacon Financial Services Limited has announced $1.764 million loss for the first half of this financial year....

Financial planning

Investors in Australian Plantation Timber’s managed investment schemes will still get their tax deductions now that the company has been rescued by Zurich Capital Markets...

Financial planning

Ausmaq’s development of its spoke-and-hub solution for IFSA’s MfundEC standard will not happen unless it wins support from more than 50 per cent of the financial services...

Financial planning

Over the past five years, the acquisition by banks and insurance companies of independent financial planning groups has become common market activity. These acquisitions ...

Financial planning

Over 50s Mutual is now planning a full ASX listing in January, says chief executive officer Michael Rehak....

Financial planning

Over 50s Mutual is now planning a full ASX listing in January, says chief executive officer Michael Rehak....

Financial planning

Despite recent, sizeable purchases and a general downturn in the market InvestorWeb (IWL) has reported a further quarter of positive operating cash flow, shrugging off ca...

Financial planning

Beacon Financial Services has become the latest investment management business to suffer in the wake of a slowing economy and the September 11 tragedy in the US, announci...

Financial planning

Financial services group Harts Australasia may have left the financial services industry reeling in the past week with news of its collapse, however, it appears that the ...

Financial planning

Challenger has launched a master trust featuring a range of boutique managers specialising in Australian equities....

Editorial

The way investors and advisers buy and redeem units in managed funds could be turned on its head with the advent of listed managed funds. Stuart Engel takes a look at the...

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has appointed a provisional liquidator to listed financial services group Harts Australasia, after receiving a...

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Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

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