PROPERTY
Accounting
WHK has further strengthened its presence in the New Zealand market by acquiring Sherwin Chan & Walshe, an accounting firm based in Wellington....
Funds management
A Sunshine Coast property promoter has been charged with six counts of dishonestly inducing people to purchase financial products by deliberately concealing significant f...
Financial planning
Unsecured creditors associated with the failed Westpoint related Ann St Mezzanine project are set to recoup some of their money in the scheme after the liquidators handli...
Financial planning
Greenway Capital is set to launch an equity mortgage product into the market that will allow the family home to be used in a more flexible manner to help consumers achiev...
Financial planning
Financial services group First Capital has acquired the Oasis residential development and golf course lifestyle community in New Zealand for $NZ17.8 million ($A14.59 mill...
Financial planning
Asteron has expanded the number of options available for financial advisers using its Wealthstar platform....
Financial planning
Tribeca Learning’s acquisition of three independent real estate education businesses has secured the company’s nationwide reach in this state-based market....
Financial planning
The member organisation governing the reverse mortgage sector feels retirees are sacrificing their standard of living because they are ruling out the use of reverse mortg...
Financial planning
The two former directors of an unlicensed financial services business will face 30 charges between them in the Melbourne Magistrates Court in November, following an Austr...
Financial planning
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has succeeded in having interim injunctions granted against two unlicensed Queensland investment schemes....
Funds management
Challenger Financial Services has announced that it is launching a new listed property vehicle to be known as the Challenger Diversified Property Group, with the intentio...
Editorial
Hanover’s reported NZ$105 million after tax profit for the 2005-06 financial year suggests the New Zealand-based financial institution’s increasing emphasis on the Austra...
Financial planning
Listed mortgage and financial services company Affiance Group is to enter a residential lending joint venture with Mirvac subsidiary James Fielding Capital....
Financial planning
Queensland-based property and funds management group Cromwell Corporation increased assets under management by a stellar 86 per cent last financial year to $1.37 billion....
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