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Financial planning

15 May 2005

Australian Unity is one of the Rising Stars in the retail platform sector, having increased funds under management to its own platform by 65 per cent during December 2003...

Financial planning

15 May 2005

Read the label

There are numerous reasons for the success of badged or ‘white label’ wraps, but none more significant than the benefits of scale they offer both the platform providers a...

Financial planning

15 May 2005

Platform growth challenge

With $2.3 billion in funds under management and sitting at position 18, the Challenger Financial Group has just made it into this year’s list of the Top 20 largest platfo...

Financial planning

15 May 2005

Skandia: old hand, rising star

Skandia may be one of the newer players in Australian financial services, having only opened for business in 2001, but the firm does come with extensive experience....

Superannuation

15 May 2005

Platforms reap super rewards

The platform market has neatly divided itself into two segments — with providers such as Asgard, BT and Navigator in one group, and the other made up of a variety of smal...

Superannuation

15 May 2005

CBA super star

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia appears as one of the Superstars on this year’s list of leading investment platform providers. It is the second largest group in terms ...

Funds management

12 May 2005

Fund Manager of the Year: winners and finalists

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Financial planning

4 May 2005

Crediting rates make healthy recovery

Average crediting rates for superannuation fund members are continuing to recover strongly, according to a survey published by Sydney-based firm, SuperRatings....

Financial planning

2 May 2005

Change ahead for younger workers

Younger workers are more likely to change funds under the new choice of superannuation fund regime, according to research conducted by FuturePlus Financial Services....