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Financial planning

Australian Skandia has taken two new fund-of-funds to the retail market, with plans to make them available to the wholesale market at the end of the year....

Editorial

An understanding of market movements is essential for financial planners and as ROBERT KEAVNEY writes, taking a longer term view will always reveal the underlying fundame...

Financial planning

Assirt rates Tower’s business management as competent while rating its operating capability as strong in its review of the funds manager....

Financial planning

In a bid to assist planners to come to terms with the ‘Know Your Client’ provision of the new Financial Services Reform Act licensing regime, Coddington Finance Corporati...

Financial planning

Specialist investment research group 5Di will expand its operations and move into supplying its own manage the manager (MTM) style investment funds....

Financial planning

Consistent outperformance across a range of asset classes was the key to accolades in the multi-sector category of the 2002 Fund Manager of the Year awards....

Financial planning

Despite crunching the numbers on managed funds, Lynne Curtis says 5Di will go beyond fund research and offer planners and clients a new take on investments. JASON SPITS r...

Financial planning

Over the last few years I’ve noticed that industry commentators are focussing on the issue of so called “independence” of advice and then drawing the conclusion that this...

Financial planning

Partnership Planning head of research Lynne Curtis has left the group to start an independent funds management and asset allocation research group....

Financial planning

Shrugging off recent ructions surrounding its management, Morningstar has downgraded BNP Paribas and Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (MLIM), dropping the first to one s...

Financial planning

Macquarie Investment Management has given its diversified balanced funds a more conservative tilt after conducting a wide-ranging review into the structure of the funds....

Financial planning

Sealcorp has revamped its online financial services tool, adviserNET, to capitalise on a surge over the past 12 months in advisers using the service....

Funds management

Strong capabilities across all sectors in all market conditions has propelled Credit Suisse Asset Management (CSAM) to the top spot in the multi-sector category....

Financial planning

AMP Henderson has taken its first step into multi-manager investment through an alliance with asset consultants William M Mercer....

Financial planning

Don Hamson is to take over as Westpac Financial Services (WFS) chief investment officer, following the move of Shaun Mays to sole managing director of the group....

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MARKET INSIGHTS

So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

4 months 3 weeks ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

5 months ago

Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

7 months ago

Commonwealth Bank has formally dropped to zero advisers following LGT Crestone’s acquisition of its advice arm – some six years on from the Hayne royal commission. ...

3 weeks 4 days ago

The FSCP has issued a written direction to an adviser who charged clients “extraordinary fees” for inappropriate and conflicted advice, as well as encouraged them to swit...

1 week ago

ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of an advice firm associated with Shield and First Guardian collapses, and permanently banned its responsible manager. ...

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