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Financial planning
An unlicensed adviser in Queensland has received a five-and-a-half year jail term for the dishonest use of over $500,000 of investors’ money...
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 ...
Editorial
The Centro Properties Group has achieved a record result for the half year ending December 31, 2006, declaring distributable operating earnings of $162.8 million represen...
Financial planning
In a move to net a slice of the $10 billion commercial property market, specialist lender Bluestone Group has launched a new business funded by Barclays Bank....
Financial planning
Melbourne research house Managed Investment Assessments predicts Australia’s property boom will end by 2010, warning investors to expect a sharp turndown in the property ...
Funds management
Centro Properties Group has announced a number of changes to its $2 billion Centro Direct Property Fund (DPF) and $1.1 billion Centro Direct Property Fund International (...
Financial planning
ING has introduced a toolkit to help financial planners ensure clients maximise benefits stemming from the changes to the superannuation framework before July 1, this yea...
Financial planning
Standard & Poor’s latest asset allocation report suggests further diversification of investment portfolios is increasingly important, with recent earnings growth outstrip...
Financial planning
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has extended the asset freezing orders against the Westpoint directors and associated companies while its investigati...
Funds management
ING is predicting another year of strong returns from global property....
Financial planning
Funds investing in local and global property securities and blend-style share funds were the dominant players among Australian managed funds launched during the past 12 m...
Financial planning
Listed property business, Investa Property Group, has been name among the Global 100 (G100) list of the most sustainable corporations in the world....
Financial planning
Boutique fund manager International Mezzanine Funds Management has launched a new income fund, which will invest in a diversified pool of commercial mortgages financing s...
Financial planning
Zurich’s addition of six new retail investment options to its superannuation plan and allocated pension products reflects areas its advisers felt were lacking from the ex...
Financial planning
The Challenger Financial Services Group’s funds under management, administration and advice surged to $46.4 billion in 2006, according to a recent quarterly announcement....
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The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...
It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...