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Financial planning

Australian Unity group managing director and chief executive officer Mark Sibree has stepped down from the top post effective immediately after the group announced change...

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has endorsed the publication of a new book designed to assist members of the public deal with their own financial issues....

Financial planning

UBS Global Asset Management came from almost nowhere to win this year’s Fund Manager of the Year award. DAVID HOVENDEN spoke to John Larum and Colin Woods about the group...

Financial planning

The quarterly TMP Worldwide Job Index reveals the increasing confidence by employers, making the job market the most buoyant it has been for 15 months....

Financial planning

Westpac's plan to sell its consumer finance business AGC to GE Capital for $1.65 billion has been approved by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), j...

Editorial

Norwich Union has recovered from last year’s write-downs to post a $72.1 million operating profit for the year ending December 2001....

Financial planning

UBS Global Asset Management (UBSGAM) has taken out the most prestigious prize in the funds management industry, winning the overall title in the Money Management / ASSIRT...

Financial planning

This year’s finalists in the Money Management/Assirt Fund Manager of The Year (FMOTY) Australian equities category all have one thing in common – they stuck to their knit...

People & Products

<caps>Investor Financial</caps> Planning, a division of Investor Group, has raised the seniority of its corporate team with the appointment of Anthony Garvey to the role ...

Financial planning

Colonial First State is to make a major push to sell its products through the Commonwealth Bank branches, says group executive investment Peter Polson....

Financial planning

Westpac and Rothschild Australia Asset Management will combine their funds management businesses to form a new organisation, following the announcement yesterday of Westp...

Financial planning

The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has given up on its call for the Government to conduct a wholesale review of superannuation and will instead c...

Financial planning

Deutsche Asset Management (DAM) has been contracted by Zurich to implement the investment mandates formerly carried out by Scudder, effectively making Zurich a client of ...

Financial planning

Former AGC managing director John Malouf has joined financial services group Stockford as its managing director and chief executive officer....

Financial planning

Melbourne-based dealer group Glenhurst Corporation is expected to sign a joint venture with a significant accounting firm in the next few days as part of its expansion dr...

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