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Challenger checks out HSBC Asset Management

Challenger Financial Services this morning confirmed it is in discussions with HSBC regarding the acquisition of HSBC Asset Management. In a statement to the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) Challenger said it would advise the market further when details ...

Perennial boosts people

Perennial Investment Partners has appointed Clay Carter as senior portfolio manager in its global equities boutique and shifted Charles Stodart from Perennial International to its Asia and Japan team. Carter has held senior portfolio management positions ...

Former Sanford head banned by ASIC

The former founder and managing director Dr Bean San Goh of Sanford Securities has been banned from providing financial services in relation to securities for five years by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Dr Goh was banned ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2005
The Australian share market is expected to open firmer, although all eyes will be firmly on the Reserve Bank of Australia at 9:30am today. The March share price index - a key indicator of the day ahead - was steady at 4175 on a volume of 1,180 contracts. ...

ING posts strong profit but flags more work ahead

ING Australia has increased its net profit after tax by 52 per cent to $327 million for the year to the end of December however chief executive officer Paul Bedbrook has stated the group has some work remaining ahead of it. Bedbrook says that while ...

S&P OKs Gottex funds despite changes

Standard & Poor's has affirmed the 'strong' Assirt rating on the fund of hedge fund Select Gottex Market Neutral Funds as Gottex moves to 'soft' close the fund. Both the Select Gottex Market Neutral Fund (SGMNF) and the Select Gottex Enhanced Market ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2005
The Australian share market is expected to open weaker today, as a poor lead from offshore markets is likely to hit the domestic market today. The March share price index - a key indicator of the day ahead - was 13 points weaker at 4144 on a volume ...

Mariner announces strong half-year profit and adds TAPs to its products

Mariner Financial has recorded a net profit after tax of $2,345,000 with earnings per share of $0.04 and net tangible assets per share of $0.62 for the six months to 31 December 2004. The result compares to a net profit after tax of $2,396,000, earnings ...

CUSCAL on track for 20 per cent profit growth

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2005
Credit Union Services Corporation (Aust) Ltd (CUSCAL) the peak representative body for Credit Unions has posted a strong first half result and says it is likely to reach its 20 per cent profit growth target for the year. CUSCAL's net profit for the ...

Strategy rethink pays off for Suncorp

Financial services company Suncorp announced a record profit of $413 million for the six months to end December partly buoyed by a 16.7 per cent increase in wealth management division profit. "I remain confident our unique diversified financial services ...