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King doubles size after buying spree

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2007
King Financial Services has doubled its size after it acquired two advisory groups with a combined funds under advice (FUA) of $290 million. The Canberra-based company is now one of the largest financial planning firms in the Australian Capital Territory ...

Intech courts alternatives

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2007
Skandia's 2006 acquisition Intech has ramped up its exposure to alternative investment strategies with the launch of its Global Trading Strategies Trust II (GTSII) diversified alternatives trust. "Intech's diversified trust investors now have the opportunity ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2007
The US economy has continued to receive news indicating some serious danger signs as the second largest supplier of home lending facilities to those with poor credit histories, the New Century Financial Corp, has ceased making new loans and announced ...

600,000 Understanding Money booklets mailed: Dutton

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2006
Since the financial literacy Understanding Money campaign was launched in July this year, 600,000 Understanding Money booklets have been sent out. Half these were sent out in response to requests sent to the website with the other half in response to ...

Reverse mortgage sector picking up pace

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2006
In the first comprehensive study undertaken on the Australian reverse mortgage industry, actuarial firm Trowbridge Deloitte reported that the sector had doubled its value in the last 18 months as the reverse mortgage products gained traction. The study ...

Agribusiness still appeals to lenders

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2006
Leaving aside the current crisis, bankers still see the rural sector as an attractive market. Westpac's general manager for agribusiness banking Graham Jennings said the bank has added 45 agribusiness bankers to his team in the past 12 months. The bank's ...

Global property securities funds "strong": InvestorWeb

KATE HAGE  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2006
On the back of their Global Property Securities Sector Review for 2006, InvestorWeb predict the sector is set to continue its strong ascent, pushed along by the steady adoption of REIT legislation internationally and institutional demand. InvestorWeb's ...

Absolute Capital warns of risks in structured products

Boutique structured credit fund manager Absolute Capital has warned that investors should take extra care when investing in structured products as they believe the favourable credit environment the Australian market has enjoyed in the past two years ...

Financial planning group wraps deal with ASGARD

The Association of Independently Owned Financial Planners (AIOFP) continues to build on its relationship with ASGARD allowing AIOFP members access to ASGARD's eWRAP super and pension products under its badged Personal Choice eWrap service. The $10 billion ...

Equity Trustees RE for Lloyd George Management

Lloyd George Management (LGM) has become the latest addition to Equity Trustees' Responsible Entity (RE) clients list. LGM is an investment management organisation with approximately US$5 billion in funds under management predominantly invested in Asian ...