AUSTRALIAN MARKET
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Despite announcing it would close its doors in Australia in October, S&P hasn’t dropped the ball, bringing in consistent results from respondents in Money Management’s Ra...
Financial planning
Product providers are turning to software solutions to help them get new investment products to the market ahead of legislative changes, according to Bravura Solutions he...
Financial planning
The Standard & Poor's Fund Services 2012 Mortgage Fund Sector Review has been reduced to just three managers following a number of withdrawals, but those that remained al...
Superannuation
The Australian market for exchange-traded funds continues to grow, according to BetaShares' April review, which points to funds under management just shy of the recorded ...
Financial planning
Goldman Sachs Asset Management has been awarded van Eyk Research's top rating for its Equities Wholesale Fund....
People & Products
Ross Kent has been promoted from senior managing director - institutional relationships to chief executive AllianceBernstein Australia....
Life/Risk
BT Insurance has launched a range of new protection plans for homemakers and high net worth individuals as well as more flexible application processes for financial advis...
Financial planning
Specialist insurer Beazley has launched a new product which it says is aimed at protecting conference and exhibition organisers from losses incurred through cancellations...
Editorial
ING Direct has reported a 10 per cent growth in net profit after tax to $304.3 million, with retail deposits up 12 per cent to $26.1 billion....
Financial planning
Premium China Funds Management has withdrawn its funds from S&P's ratings services in response to S&P's impending withdrawal from Australian funds research....
Financial planning
Apostle enters into distribution arrangement for convertible bond specialist, Camden Asset Management....
Funds management
Global asset flows for fixed income exchange-traded funds and exchange-traded products have hit a new high in January, according to data released by BlackRock....
People & Products
Asset management firm Parametric has announced the appointment of Scott Lawrence as managing director - Australia....
Financial planning
Following last year's launch of Australia's first Islamic Australian equity fund, Thomson Reuters and Crescent Wealth have announced the launch of a specialised index tha...
Financial planning
Following last year's launch of Australia's first Islamic Australian equity fund, Thomson Reuters and Crescent Wealth have announced the launch of a specialised index tha...
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