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Financial planning

The BT Financial Group will consolidate its product range under one name from October 27, laying to rest the Sagitta brand as all 450 products in the group’s wholesale an...

Financial planning

The Norwich Union owned Navigator platform is set to incorporate straight through processing (STP) throughout its operations, to the benefit of the 3,500 financial advise...

Financial planning

Credit Suisse Asset Management (CSAM) has launched a first in the Australian investment market place - an international shares fund allowing investors to choose a preferr...

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) today released its anticipated draft guidelines in relation to the product disclosure statements (PDSs) of soci...

Financial planning

The turnaround in Platinum Asset Management’s decision to withdraw its funds from the Macquarie Wrap platform investment menu was not related to fees in any way, says Pla...

Financial planning

Platinum Asset Management has reversed its decision to pull its funds from the the investment menu of the Macquarie Wrap product after the latter introduced a revised fee...

Financial planning

Is there any way to accurately measure adviser quality, asks Robert Keavney....

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has banned a Sydney securities dealer for three years as part of its ongoing investigation into the now defunc...

Editorial

The Treasury Group has cruised through the tumultuous 2002/03 financial year, reporting profits almost 350 per cent higher than the previous corresponding period....

Financial planning

The risks of chasing fund manager performance have been highlighted by the revelation in a new study that top-performing retail share funds one year invariably have lackl...

Funds management

Select Asset Management has launched a single-manager global multi-strategy hedge fund through its joint venture with European hedge fund manager Aspect Capital, establis...

Rate the raters

A roundup of research services and costs....

Financial planning

Master funds and wrap account platforms have changed the landscape of the financial services industry. However, says Dominic McCormick, one issue that doesn’t get enough ...

Financial planning

Morningstar’s new quantitative measuring rating system released last Friday has fuelled major changes to fund manager ratings in New Zealand....

Financial planning

Research house Standard and Poor’s (S&P) will not charge up front fees to funds management groups to be rated marking a departure from its globally used pricing system....

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