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SMAs step up to platforms

... [which is what Merrill uses]." He added that AFS chose Merrill because the investment giant boasts operations around the country and can therefore provide training to AFS' national network of planners. "They are also a recognised leader in this particular ...

Soft skills should be a priority: Zurich

... immediately when they return to their practices." Zurich's attempt to help advisers deal with "risk-related" work and the country's chronic underinsurance is echoed by other leading players in the industry. Only last week, CommInsure has announced major ...

Labor unveils plan to export financial services

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2006
... despite the best terms of trade this economy has experienced since 1974," he said. "We need to be more than just the lucky country that relies solely on unstable global resources markets to drive our export earnings."

Citigroup revamps hedge fund platform

... that it is expanding its prime brokerage team and improve services to their hedge fund clients. Morgan Stanley is the country's largest prime broker with 35 per cent of Australia's hedge fund assets on its books. Citigroup's decision to beef up its hedge ...

Demand absorbs 9 per cent increase in office supply: PCA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2006
... space remains incredibly strong. Vacancy in Australia's office market is at its lowest since July 2001. Markets around the country continue to show their ability to digest huge amounts of supply." The most competitive office markets, at least for tenants ...

Investors rush for capital protected loans

... less than 10 per cent of the overall $21.5 billion margin lending sector. However, eight of the 14 margin lenders in the country already offer capital protected loan products and Cannex financial analyst Harry Senlitonga expects the rising demand for ...

Borrowers in trouble after rate hike

The country's peak building and construction group fears the Reserve Bank's move to lift interest rates by 0.25 per cent represents a financial blow that many home owners can ill afford. Wilhelm Harnisch, chief executive of Master Builders Australia ...

Fin planners need to re-think succession strategy

... their involvement." In response to the likely demand for succession planning advice, with 50 per cent of advisers in the country expected to exit the industry in the next three to five years, HLB Mann Judd has set up a financial services team dedicated ...

Chalk up number 7 for Bravura in the UK

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2006
... administer their Investments Division, which will include a new range of unit linked products. Steve Williams, Bravura UK country manager said, "This deal further demonstrates Bravura's continued growth in the UK market and the versatility of our software ...

First Capital and Explorer to launch SMSF wrap 'OzSuper'

... provider Explorer Group for $14.6 million and launch what it claims is the first self-managed super fund (SMSF) wrap in the country. Through the acquisition, First Capital and Explorer will join forces to become one of the leading administration services ...