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Financial planning

24 Jun

Navigator charts course to the top again

Norwich has again topped net inflows into its Navigator master trust for the second quarter running, according to Morningstar research, with just under $231 million poure...

Financial planning

24 Jun

Suncorp to tap into its own client base

Suncorp Metway is taking the lead from other banks and will almost double planner numbers in coming months in an effort to capitalise on its 2.5 million customers....

Financial planning

24 Jun

Ex-RetireInvest crew find that money matters

Six former RetireInvest staffers have joined Money Matters Financial Solutions....

Financial planning

13 May

Banks step up a gear with margin lending

As managed funds market share data affirms, the banks can be fierce competitors when they get their acts together. Now, Australia's major banks are taking more than a pas...

Financial planning

29 Apr

Directors fail to see eye to eye on planning co-op

An ambitious financial planning co-operative has hit a snag, with directors wrangling over control of the group. ...

Funds management

29 Apr

Equities – Quiet confidence begins to surface in Asian funds

Who would have thought 18 months ago that Asian funds would be the market’s peak performers? Samantha Walker takes a look at how the funds are capitalising on the mopping...

Financial planning

29 Apr

The tiger claws back: Asian funds roar

Asian markets appear to have turned the corner with specialist Asian funds emerging as the powerhouse performers of 1999....

Superannuation

15 Apr

Wraps and master trusts – Jury is out as wrap developers take the super approach

Wrap account developers have hailed the recent introduction of superannuation into the wrap structure as a major breakthrough. Samantha Walker takes a look at the financi...

Financial planning

10 Apr

More planners for NSP Buck

NSP Buck's personal financial services division hopes to double its planner numbers by December in an aggressive move on the retail fi-nancial planning market....

Funds management

10 Apr

Fund management groups miss deadline

A significant number of funds management groups missed the June 30 deadline for lodgement of trustee retirement notices under the Manag-ing Investments Act (MIA), accordi...