Advance named ‘Best Fund Manager’ by Money Magazine

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Advance Asset Management has been named Best Fund Manager in Money magazine’s 2012 Best of the Best Awards.  Advance has also been named Best Balanced Fund and Best Growth Fund... Read more continue reading

Bendigo and Adelaide Bank joins banking’s ‘A team’

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Bendigo and Adelaide Bank (BEN) last night joined the ranks of Australia’s A-rated banks following an upgrade announced by Standard & Poor’s (S&P). S&P’s decision to raise the bank’s long-term... Read more continue reading

van Eyk downgrades three Macquarie funds

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Research firm van Eyk has downgraded the Macquarie Small Companies Fund and the Macquarie Australian Microcap Fund to “FundWatch” following the departure of three key members of the investment team... Read more continue reading

S&P releases 2011 Multi-Sector Review

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Standard & Poor’s Fund Services today released a report outlining the key findings, trends, themes and relative performance of the multi-sector group of funds rated by S&P. The 2011 sector... Read more continue reading

Financial services industry rallies to fight FoFA

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In a huge demonstration of support for the work being done by the Federal Opposition to oppose elements of the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reform that threaten the financial... Read more continue reading

Can Asia insulate itself from Europe?

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In February this year, Bank Indonesia raised its benchmark rate for the first time in three years, to subdue inflation, which was then surging above 7%. Last month, the central... Read more continue reading

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