REAL ESTATE
Financial planning
The movement by real estate group Raine and Horne into financial planning is the most recent case of a non-traditional financial planning business seeking to establish an...
Financial planning
Real estate agents have made another high level push into financial planning with the launch by the Raine and Horne real estate group of Raine and Horne Asset Management ...
Financial planning
Financial planners should take-on estate agents for a slice of the direct property investment market, says a new report by Property Investment Research (PIR)....
Funds management
The speculation surrounding a funds management partner for ANZ has been resolved with the group announcing that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with ING to fo...
Financial planning
Growing interest in investing has also called attention to some less than professional practices. Tom Collins argues that in the public’s eye planner renumeration may fal...
Financial planning
AMP continues to be optimistic about achieving double digit growth in core operating margins, despite a severe 60 per cent downturn in third quarter net cash flows on las...
Funds management
The Deutsche owned Paladin Property Securities has been recognised for its performance in the property investment market with an award of best overall fund by Property In...
Financial planning
The recent spate of new faces at BT Funds Management is the current phase in what has been an active revolving door over the past 12 months....
Financial planning
With the October deadline for unregulated mortgage investment schemes fast approaching, the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) says there are still $2...
Financial planning
Mortgage broking wholesaler Australian Finance Group (AFG) is considering listing on the Australian Stock Exchange to capitalise on the explosive growth in the mortgage b...
Financial planning
BT Funds Management’s chief investment officer Andre Morony has announced his departure of the group, and will be replaced by former head of real estate Gary Symons....
Funds management
Australian investors have hit a conservative patch, shunning shares and property and favouring bank deposits. ...
Financial planning
In 1992, the word “Internet” didn’t even rate a mention in most dictionaries. In 2000, over 25 per cent of Australians are online and the percentage is rapidly growing. ...
Financial planning
Australia’s financial advice industry is underpinned by licensing arrangements enforced and administered by the ever shrinking resources of our investment watchdog. Tom C...
Funds management
BT Funds Management is to merge the BT Property Trust and BT Office Trust to create Austra-lia's biggest office-specific property trust, with total assets of $1.5 billion...
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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...