Taxation of Australian general insurance premiums is the highest in the world, according to a study released today by financial services group Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu....
The final movement of funds from the Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) has jettisoned the National to the top of the master custodian tables ahead of State Street....
It seems the world’s richest are about to get a whole lot richer, which can only be good news for financial planners focussing on high net worth individuals....
Mercantile Mutual’s new funds management boss has urged federal government to consider tying health and aged care funding to superannuation....
More than half of fund managers with Australian equities teams have had a start to the millennium they would probably prefer to forget....
It’s official –Australian financial planners are heavy users of technology. A survey conducted by Salomon Smith Barney Asset Management (SSB) reveals that 97 per cent o...
Financial planners are increasingly the first point of contact for consumers seeking financial advice, according to the latest Financial Planning Association (FPA) survey...
For financial planners to attract and retain affluent clients, the so-called emerging wealth investor, such as self managed super fund trustees, they need to offer a broa...
Australian equities was the hardest hit investment sector by the recent gyrations on the Nasdaq, according to Ausbil Partners....
Strong inflows into Mercantile Mutual’s managed funds has helped lift the group’s operating profit after tax up 23 per cent to $70 million for the six months to the end o...
Most fund managers have walked away virtually unscathed from the carnage brought about by the fall in technology stocks last month....
Tower Trust has sent a letter to advisers confirming that up-front and trailing commis-sions will be increased by up to 10 per cent after the introduction of the GST....
Tower Trust has sent a letter to advisers confirming that up-front and trailing commis-sions will be increased by up to 10 per cent after the introduction of the GST....
It’s official –Australian financial planners are heavy users of technology....
More than half of fund managers with Australian equities teams have had a start to the millennium they would probably prefer to forget....
This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...
Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....
It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...