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Funds management
Mercantile Mutual has made its intentions clear that it wants to be a major player in property funds management, launching a $112 million takeover bid for Heine Man-ageme...
Financial planning
In April the Federal Government released a draft to industry of its bill changing the investment standards for superannuation funds (see <I>Money Management</I> May 13). ...
Financial planning
Director of syndicated property group Waltus Investments, Shayne Hodge, has hit back angrily at recent criticism of its performance....
Financial planning
The Federal Government has recently introduced a bill into parliament which could have wide ranging effects on self managed superannuation funds. Nick In-gram takes a loo...
Financial planning
AMP Asset Management (AMPAM) has gained a stronghold on the property market with the purchase of Schroders’ Australian property funds management business....
Funds management
The tax reform saga has some very prominent, influential and at times vocal players. When it comes to accelerated depreciation, miners come to the fore, whereas manufactu...
Funds management
The listed property trust sector was far and away the top performer over key asset classes in July....
Financial planning
Perth-based Guardian Funds Management plans to take the $10 billion private mortgage market to advisers with the launch of a new asset class....
Financial planning
Politics is akin to cooking. Things go on the boil and off the boil. Other matters simmer and then go into a boil when the right circum-stances prevail....
Financial planning
Investors sick of the same old, same old from desperate Gold Coast property developers with white shoes should take heart with an inno-vative scheme....
Financial planning
Count Wealth Accountants managing director Barry Lambert says rumours the group is looking to float on the Australian Stock Exchange are exaggerated, saying it is just on...
Financial planning
"The virtual corporation is based on the concept that the most power-ful asset an enterprise can have is intellectual property followed by cash. Everything else can be o...
Financial planning
Macquarie Bank has restructured its distribution and set up a separate division – what it calls “the adviser channel” – to streamline its dealings with financial planning...
Superannuation
About two thirds of Australia's retirees are reliant on pensions for their day-to-day living while only one in four rely on superannuation and property investments....
Financial planning
Enthusiasm for the inaugural conference of the Financial Planners and Investment Advisers Association (FPIA) appears muted with attendance numbers projected to fall below...
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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...