FUNDS MANAGEMENT
Financial planning
Investment and financial services group MFS plans to expand its existing New Zealand operations with the purchase of Swain Investment Services, its second New Zealand-bas...
Editorial
The Commonwealth Bank’s funds management and advisory arms made a significant contribution to a 19 per cent increase in the bank’s net profit after tax to $2,271 million,...
Editorial
Macquarie Bank expects profits for the six months to March 31, 2007, to be up strongly, thanks in part to the combined effect of strong inflows into its Funds Management ...
Financial planning
BT Financial Group is about to launch a new initiative on its wrap platform that will see selected fund managers enjoying a range of exclusive benefits while investors sa...
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
A significant new player is about to enter the funds management arena, with Australia’s fastest growing dealer group PIS joining with the former head of Advance Asset Man...
Funds management
MFS Limited has announced it will be providing its funds management and investment activities into the Middle East region....
Financial planning
The ALP has declared its intention, if successful in gaining government next year, to establish a taskforce with a view to making Australia the financial services hub for...
Financial planning
The recent enforceable undertaking imposed on AMP Financial Planning by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission has potentially made compliance with financia...
Editorial
St Andrew’s Australia has reported a pre-tax profit of $8.4 million for the half year ending June, 2005, up 147 per cent on the corresponding period last year....
Funds management
The former director of a funds management company has been convicted of making false and misleading statements and placed on a two-year good behaviour bond, following an ...
Funds management
An executive at a leading Australian funds management organisation has expressed concerns about the impact the Government’s Future Fund will have on investment markets in...
Financial planning
Challenger Financial Services has restructured its corporate reporting system to reflect the activities of its funds management and financial planning businesses (includi...
Funds management
Macquarie Bank will amalgamate its separate hedge fund businesses under the name MQ Specialist Investment Management (MQ)....
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