BT Funds Management has today appointed US based Putnam Investments to manage its $5 billion international share portfolio....

The Top 100 Dealers Survey is punctuated by the moves of dealer groups, which are often the result of large wallets and large deals. SIMON SEGAL looks at what went down b...

My first assignment as a journo on Money Management in 1997 was to cover the launch of BT’s wrap platform. At the time, the industry hadn’t heard of wrap. Which was just ...

IN THE weeks since Westpac announced the purchase of BT, alongside that of Sagitta, speculation has been rife about who will stay, what jobs they will hold and who will l...

BT Funds Management will face even further scrutiny of its acquisition by Westpac, with Australia’s major financial planning dealerships reviewing whether to pull their i...

As the banks move into financial services in a big way, most notably with Westpac’s acquisition of BT, conventional wisdom says that big is better. TOM COLLINS begs to di...

ROB Coombe started last week as the head of retail at BT Financial Group. He finished it as the most senior BT executive still standing following Westpac Bank’s decision ...

The Westpac Bank’s acquisition of the BT Financial Group has continued to wreak havoc on the beleaguered fund manager’s Australian equities capabilities, with two investm...

Westpac’s acquisition of BT Financial Group should be a minor boon to investors with BT Funds Management (BTFM), but investors at Sagitta Wealth Management could face a p...

INVESTOR Group has flagged the possibility of further acquisitions as part of its bid to make its Prescott brand a nationally recognised financial planning network after ...

John Tuxworth has become the latest Sagitta Rothschild senior executive to fall victim to the Westpac Bank’s decision this week to purchase the BT Financial Group....

Three of Australia’s most influential investment research houses - van Eyk, Assirt and Lonsdale Securities (Lonsec) - have placed a blanket hold on BT Financial Group fun...

The Westpac Bank has confirmed today that it will pay $900 million to buy the BT Financial Group from its US parent, the Principal Financial Group, in a move that will se...

Hedge funds have done well in terms of both performance and distribution, but they are yet to be universally accepted on master trust menus. FIONA MOORE reports....