AMP Capital completes successful capital raising for shopping centre fund

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AMP Capital has successfully raised $200 million from new and existing investors in the flagship AMP Capital Shopping Centre Fund. The equity has been raised from Australian institutions and a... Read more continue reading

Elders Financial Planning announces new senior appointment for WA

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Elders Financial Planning has announced the appointment of Albert Di Sabatino as Regional Manager, West, as a key element of its expansion activity across Western Australia. Elders Financial Planning Chief... Read more continue reading

Westpac & St George to double female planners

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  Westpac and St.George Financial Planning aims to double the number of women working in planner roles by 2015 to over 700 planners. This initiative will see current female representation... Read more continue reading

Resi Home Loans moves into wealth management

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Resi Mortgage Corporation (Resi) has announced the formation of a joint venture agreement with Shartru Wealth Management to bring financial advice into its suite of services.   The agreement will see qualified... Read more continue reading

Equity Trustees’ Bidder’s Statement for Trust Company offer

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Following its Announcement on 21 February 2013 of an Offer to acquire The Trust Company Limited, Equity Trustees Limited (ASX: EQT) has lodged its Bidder’s Statement with ASIC and has also... Read more continue reading

$31,000 of AMP shares donated to charity

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AMP shareholders have donated over $31,000 to charity as a result of the AMP Small Shareholding Sale Facility. The share donation was managed through ShareGift Australia, a not-for-profit organisation that... Read more continue reading

AXA IM expands SmartBeta range

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AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) today announced the launch of the AXA IM SmartBeta Equity strategy. The new solution offers long term investors a more efficient way of capturing equity... Read more continue reading

Are we seeing the death of independence?

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The number of truly non-aligned dealer groups is rapidly shrinking, leaving little choice for advisers looking for freedom from the large institutions, according to Pinnacle Practice Director, Anne Fuchs, who... Read more continue reading

Global Investments Forum 2013 highlights the big issues

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The unintended consequences of the ‘giant science project’ of the Fed’s quantitative easing; the impact of the upcoming devaluation of the yen; the rise and rise of the robot and... Read more continue reading

Quality advice recognised through Genesys awards

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Excellence in financial planning has been celebrated with AMP’s Genesys Wealth Advisers announcing the recipients of its adviser recognition awards. Stanford Brown Financial Advisers has picked up both the Member... Read more continue reading