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Well known financial services figure and previous head of research at Bridges, Dominic McCormick has signed up with advisory group Snowball, as an investment consultant....
Financial planning
Boutique hedge fund manager Absolute Capital has entered into discussions with a series of financial planning dealer group in an attempt to forge distribution channels ah...
Funds management
Rothschild Australia Asset Management (RAAM) has expanded its product suite to include a retail and wholesale international equity fund offering that is fully hedged to t...
Financial planning
St George will offer investments in emerging fund managers after rolling out Ascalon Capital Managers, a venture capital vehicle pitched at institutions and high net wort...
Funds management
Listed financial services group Challenger International has joined the growing list of fund managers to enter the hedge fund marketplace, launching a long / short Austra...
Financial planning
Challenger International has confirmed a new investment for its listed biotechnology private equity fund for retail investors, BioTech Capital....
Financial planning
JBWere Investment Management has rolled out an Australian Equities Fund targeting retail investors with as little as $5000 to invest....
Financial planning
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has issued an interim stop order on Hedge Fund of Australia’s (HFA) short form wholesale offering document for...
Funds management
Rothschild Australia has selected Barclays Global Investors’ BGI Equity Market Neutral Fund to be part of its fund-of-hedge funds Total Return Fund....
Financial planning
Financial services dealer group Financial Services Partners (FSP) is set to unveil a new distribution platform that will extensively expand both the breadth of its produc...
Financial planning
Perpetual Trustees has been hit by a noticeable slump in the flow of funds into its managed investment products as retail investors draw back from equity market investmen...
Financial planning
Suncorp Metway has launched a new online margin lending service allowing retail investors to borrow up to 70 per cent of the market value of their portfolio from their de...
People & Products
Former National Asset Management (NAM) chief investment officer Stephen Hiscock has returned to funds management as head of his own boutique operation in Melbourne, after...
Financial planning
The Australian managed fund industry is bracing itself for the repercussions of the terrorist attacks in the US as investors respond to the crisis by looking for safe hav...
Funds management
Financial services group Challenger International Ltd has bought its first Melbourne property for $22.3 million, as part of a new property syndicate for retail investors....
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