Boutique advice gets corporate

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MQ Financial Services, one of south-east Queensland’s premier advice businesses, has created a role of chief executive officer and appointed Steve Watts to drive its growth plans and set its... Read more continue reading

AFS bolsters Queensland presence

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Australian Financial Services Group Limited’s (AFS Group) Group CEO and Managing Director Peter Daly, has announced the dealer group’s presence in Queensland has been bolstered with the recent joining of... Read more continue reading

Bendigo and Adelaide Bank teams up with Emerald Wrap

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Australia’s first RI platform, The Emerald Wrap has chosen Bendigo and Adelaide Bank as the wrap’s default cash account provider. Every account opened will use the Adelaide Bank Cash Management... Read more continue reading

van Eyk announces acquisition of Encore Group

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Independent investment research firm van Eyk is pleased to announce that it has acquired financial services consulting firm the Encore Group.  Encore specialises in providing consulting services, programs and systems... Read more continue reading

The new van Eyk View iPad App

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Investment research house van Eyk has this week launched its new iPad app, The van Eyk View. The app is an expanded, monthly version of van Eyk’s long-running client newsletter,... Read more continue reading

Lonsec continues to build its research team

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Lonsec has made further appointments to its research team in the past few months, including a specialist quantitative analyst and a senior consultant within the Investment Consulting team. Anh Nguyen... Read more continue reading

Altius appoints credit specialist

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Fixed interest specialist fund manager Altius Asset Management has appointed Vanessa Thomson to the role of head of credit research.  Ms Thomson has eighteen years experience in the financial services... Read more continue reading

Ventura assists advisers in becoming FOFA ready

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Kate Mulligan, Managing Director of Ventura Investments Management Ltd, has announced a price reduction for its Ventura Wholesale Funds. The price reduction accompanies the re-appointment of Russell Investments as the investment... Read more continue reading

Westpac Online Investing voted best online broker

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Westpac Online Investing has been voted Best Online Broker in the AFR Smart Investor 2011 SMILES (Smart Investor League of Exceptional Service) Survey.  The AFR Smart Investor SMILES survey allows... Read more continue reading

A welcome return to Lonsec

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Richard Everingham has returned to Lonsec in the newly created role of Manager – Research Strategy. In this role, Richard is charged with developing and implementing a strategic framework for... Read more continue reading