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Financial planning

Investment and advisory boutique Grange Securities is planning to expand its wealth and asset management services following its acquisition by global investment bank Lehm...

Financial planning

Financial planning software provider IWL has posted record operating earnings for the half year to December 31, 2007, smashing last year’s record half-year earnings perfo...

Financial planning

After six months of preparations, Bravura Solutions and Nucleus Financial Group have launched an industry first wrap initiative in the UK....

Funds management

Co-manufacturing of investment products and the formation of new strategic partnerships with boutique fund managers will play a key role in Challenger’s efforts this year...

Financial planning

The Federal Government has given its approval for the proposed acquisition of the Promina Group by Suncorp Metway to proceed....

Financial planning

Applying traditional large cap modelling processes to the small cap sector is the competitive raison d’etre of emerging small cap boutique Indian Ocean Rim Asset Manageme...

Financial planning

Specialist fixed income and currency manager Julius Baer Investments Limited has been acquired by a group of managers and employees of holding company Julius Baer Holding...

Policy & Regulation

The Mariner Mortgage Trust has passed the $100 million mark in funds under management, after experiencing growth of 152 per cent in 2006....

Financial planning

The Macquarie Office Trust has received a $US75 million increase in the value of its assets after an independent revaluation of seven US properties in the portfolio....

Financial planning

IOOF Holdings chief executive Ron Dewhurst has announced he will resign at the end of his third year in the role in April....

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

Despite being launched less than a month ago, AdviserNETgain, Asgard Wealth Solution’s practice and planning management technology, has come out on top in the hybrid cate...

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

China represents a vast untapped market for the funds management industry as it begins to address the funding of its national social security system, according to the chi...

Financial planning

In claiming it’s ‘good with people’, St George Bank has put its money where its mouth is by offering a set of new industry-leading staff benefits aimed at promoting a sen...

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