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Solid exposure to the Australian mortgage market has contributed to an upgrading of Mariner Mortgage Trust’s rating by InvestorWeb Research from ‘buy’ to ‘strong buy’ in ...

Financial planning

Even though it hasn’t been the best year for hedge funds, the US$1 trillion world hedge fund market is likely to experience rapid growth and could even quadruple by the e...

Financial planning

Investors should increase their exposure to overseas markets, according to ING Investment Management chief executive Grant Bailey....

Editorial

The investment and planning world seems to be dividing into two camps with respect to “alternative” investment strategies and assets (hedge funds, managed futures, commod...

Funds management

The recent stellar performance of commodity markets has prompted the separate release of two capital guaranteed commodity products for retail investors by Macquarie Portf...

Financial planning

Genesys Wealth Advisers have set up a separate division to cater for its richest clients and attract other multi-millionaires away from private banks and specialist bouti...

Financial planning

Merrill Lynch Investment Managers today launched its third Australian equities fund, which will invest in a combination of small, mid and large caps stocks....

Financial planning

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In a single stroke expansion of its Australian operations, Fidelity Investments has launched 10 new investment funds at once, including single country funds, regional fun...

Financial planning

London-based managed futures adviser Winton Capital has become the third manager to be added to a series of exclusive retail distribution deals with external managers by ...

Financial planning

There are very few genuinely new products in financial services. Usually they are variations on an existing theme, and structured products fall very much into this catego...

Editorial

There is a groundswell in global activity by financial institutions and financial product issuers attempting to engineer, design and manufacture investment products that ...

Financial planning

Having already bought a couple of Australian radio stations, Macquarie Bank has more media assets in its sights, announcing today that it intends to list a new fund on th...

Funds management

Growing demand from Australian investors for global property exposure has prompted ING Investment Management to launch a locally domiciled global listed property fund....

Financial planning

Capacity constraints have forced Challenger Financial Services to shut down the small cap fund it bought off HSBC Asset Management (HSBCAMA) only four months ago and open...

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

4 months 2 weeks ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

4 months 2 weeks ago

Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

6 months 3 weeks ago

Commonwealth Bank has formally dropped to zero advisers following LGT Crestone’s acquisition of its advice arm – some six years on from the Hayne royal commission. ...

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ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of an advice firm associated with Shield and First Guardian collapses, and permanently banned its responsible manager. ...

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ASIC has banned a former NSW adviser from providing advice for 10 years for investing at least $14.8 million into a cryptocurrency-based scam. ...

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