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Financial planning
MLC Adviser Scholarship Program helping to alleviate critical adviser shortage....
Financial planning
Standard & Poor’s, in conjunction with the Australian Securities Exchange, has changed its Australian market indices to include foreign-domiciled equities and, as a resul...
Financial planning
The head of a major global fund manager has predicted the tight yield spread markets are currently experiencing worldwide are likely to last for some time to come as an i...
Life/Risk
The Federal Government has moved to tighten the rules relating to foreign insurers entering the Australian market with the introduction of a new reform package....
Funds management
As hedge funds grow in popularity within the Australian market, comparisons are made between the $500 billion US industry and the burgeoning Australian hedge fund environ...
Financial planning
US-based global equities manager Batterymarch expects to grow Legg Mason’s global equities portfolio to $1 billion within the next 18 months....
Funds management
Dealer group Premium Wealth Management claims its Premium China Fund has become the largest unlisted China fund offered in Australia, surpassing $154 million in FUM....
Financial planning
Global investment company T. Rowe Price will boost its presence within the Australian market, focusing on providing global equity investments to retail platforms, indepen...
Financial planning
Praemium chairman Don Stammer believes the chance of the stock market dramatically crashing is becoming rarer....
Financial planning
Zurich Australia has been rated the top life risk provider in the Australian market by the WA Taylor Report for the third successive year....
Funds management
Citing a shrinking pool of securitisation opportunities in the Australian market and the growing attraction of property trusts in international markets, MLC has increased...
Financial planning
The exporting of financial services is set to play a more prominent role for the Australian market in 2007, according to a senior executive at a leading financial service...
Financial planning
Wholesale wrap platform provider Avanteos is claiming a victory after being named a leader in the third annual Investment Trends Platform Report....
Funds management
Australian investors are beginning to re-evaluate their positions in core property to try to get better value for money, according to a senior property fund manager at AM...
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