FUND MANAGERS

Financial planning

The mission by the financial services giants to dominate the financial planning in-dustry is now complete. The Money Management Top 100 dealer group survey has revealed t...

Financial planning

The continuing takeover wrangle for British bank, National Westminster (Nat-West) is set to drag on with regulatory authorities putting a freeze on any ac-tion from two c...

Financial planning

The Financial Services Complaints Resolution Scheme (FSCRS) has gained the approval of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) to oper-ate as an exter...

Financial planning

A lot of advisers do not appreciate the finer qualities of the business development executives whose job it is to tend to their every wish. Nick Bruining, however, won’t ...

Financial planning

A networking system that has captured 90 per cent of the institutional funds man-agement market in Canada has officially landed in Australia....

Financial planning

Fund managers and financial planners are not servicing high net worth clients ef-fectively and fail to meet their needs according to a Melbourne planner and portfo-lio ma...

Financial planning

A networking system that has captured 90 per cent of the institutional funds man-agement market in Canada has officially landed in Australia....

Financial planning

There are a number of anomalies that you come across when you examine the op-eration of the Australian superannuation system. ...

Financial planning

Fund managers have been facing an uphill battle in getting investors to recognise the attractiveness of annuity products that include growth assets....

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has made final stop or-ders on the prospectuses for the The Oil Fields Project 4 and The Great Forests 1999 Pr...

Financial planning

“This issue is a huge sleeper and it makes John Laws look like a bloody Franciscan monk.”...

Funds management

Proposed changes to the All Ordinaries Index will allow better comparisons of fund managers and their claimed styles, according to industry pundits....

Financial planning

“How deeply entrenched are soft dollar commissions in the financial services industry?”...

Financial planning

Despite a brief hiatus, demand for back office services from financial services organisations looks set to boom. Samantha Walker discovers why....

Funds management

Macquarie Investment Management is to open up its private equity fund of funds MAIT (Macquarie Alternative Investment Trust) to retail in-vestors for the first time in ea...

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

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This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...

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Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....

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Insignia Financial has confirmed it is considering a preliminary non-binding proposal received from a US private equity giant to acquire the firm. ...

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Six of the seven listed financial advice licensees have reported positive share price growth in 2024, with AMP and Insignia successfully reversing earlier losses. ...

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A former Brisbane financial adviser has been charged with 26 counts of dishonest conduct regarding a failure to disclose he would receive substantial commission payments ...

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