An industry working party into soft dollar payments has called for the removal of a number of common forms of inducements in its recommendations announced today....
ING Australia will reverse the trend to move into retail with the launch of a wholesale version of its retail Tax Effective Income Trust tomorrow following the fund’s str...
Praemium Portfolio Services has struck a deal with InvestmentLink to offer advisers consolidated reporting and online transactions across all platforms and fund managers....
Research house Assirt has signed former Colonial First State manager for institutional account management, Mark Hyde, as business development manager to head up its exter...
Fund managers remain cautious in their outlook for investment markets this year despite rising levels of confidence stemming from the turnaround in equity market performa...
“Smart” financial planners will have made New Year’s Resolutions to change the way they run their business to meet consumer and regulatory expectations, according to Pres...
A raft of high profile financial planners and industry figures have launched a scathing attack on the funds management industry for a list of deficiencies they say are a ...
Financial forecasting is so often wrong, says Robert Keavney, that it is about as useful as reading tea leaves....
The funds management industry has come under further attack with more leading industry commentators slamming fund products they claim are being designed for a small profi...
Aurora Funds Management has struck a distribution deal with van Eyk Research and White Funds Management (WFM) less than three weeks after launching Aurora Distribution – ...
The funds management industry has been lambasted for its “uninspiring” lack of product innovation - a situation if not righted that will push more and more clients into d...
New research from Melbourne-based Property Investment Research has shown a sustained structural shift towards unlisted property fund managers, which will lead to a furthe...
Inflows into master trusts and wraps have grown at a rapid rate but what happens to the funds once they are in the door. Jason Spits looks at where they go, who makes the...
It was five years ago that the Top 100 Dealer Groups research first hit the financial services industry, tracking the changes of a growth industry. Jason Spits looks at t...
As Nick Bruining’s career on the Financial Planning Association (FPA) board draws to a close, he reveals its deepest, darkest secrets…...
So shareholders lose a dividend plus have seen the erosion of value. Qantas decides to clawback remuneration from Alan ...
This is why I left my last position. There was no interest in giving the client quality time, it was all about bumping ...
So the Hayne Royal Commission has left us with this. What a sad day for the financial planning industry. Clearly most ...