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Profit sharing a win-win for AFS

Advisory group Australian Financial Services (AFS) is growing at a rate of at least 20 practices a year thanks to its highly successful profit sharing model. The Melbourne-based firm has signed up 13 practices since the beginning of the year and AFS ...

BNPPSS zooms in on Asian opportunities

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2006
BNP Paribas Securities Services (BNPPSS) is looking to expand its operations into Asia and has started the ball rolling, appointing a new French managing director and expanding his job title to include responsibility for the Asia region. Filling in ...

CARE and Vision break off merger talks

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2006
CARE Super and Vision Super have announced they will not be proceeding with a proposed merger. Michael O'Sullivan, chairman of CARE Super, and Michael Tilley, chairman of Vision Super, announced that the mutual decision not to merge had been arrived ...

A new frontier in asset consulting

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2006
Asset consulting has changed so much so that through the sheer volume of new managers it has become a process of elimination and negative screens, according to key industry delegates. Speaking at yesterday's Rainmaker Marketing Symposium, Fiona Trafford ...

Platforms: here today, gone tomorrow

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2006
New asset consulting frontier Kate Hage 315 Asset consulting has changed so much so that through the sheer volume of new managers, it has become a process of elimination and negative screens, according to key industry delegates. Speaking at yesterday's ...

ASX considers launching baby stock exchange

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2006

MacBank launches commodities only fund

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2006
Macquarie Bank funds management (MFM) has launched a wholesale commodities fund, giving investors direct access to commodity market performances through local indices. MFM's head of distribution, Bruce Murphy, said the fund will be actively managed ...

MLIM funds on hold but Rock solid

Merrill Lynch Investment Management (MLIM) managing director, Maurice O'Shannassy, spoke out after ratings firm S&P placed two MLIM funds on hold following management changes. S&P said yesterday that the Merrill Lynch Wholesale Global Small Cap fund ...

InvestorWeb rates yield driven fixed interest funds

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2006
Fixed interest has traditionally been seen as simply a defensive asset within a portfolio, but the players from InvestorWeb's recent review are behind a new trend towards yield driven and higher risk products. InvestorWeb's general manager of managed ...

FuturePlus eyes international property

Hands up if you're an international property fund manager with a strong business case. FuturePlus chief investment officer Terry Newson wants to hear from you. At Financial Standard's Best Practice seminar on building a global investment portfolio held ...