fund managers

Financial planning

Government dragging its feet on MIA

Fund managers' efforts to become single responsible entities are being paralysed by government inaction....

Financial planning

Sadly, ‘soft’ skeletons are still rattling in the closet

This edition of Money Management is dominated by the evolving business of portfolio administration services. ...

Financial planning

Making the choice selection

At the time of writing this article only one of the three forums on administration systems (wraps and master trusts) had been held. ...

Funds management

Life and fund managers unite

A new non-profit professional association set to launch this week reflects convergence between the life insurance and fund management sectors....

Financial planning

Vanguard outsources to BT

Vanguard has become the fourth major fund manager to outsource its registry operations to BT Portfolio Services. ...

Financial planning

Three on the trot for Commonwealth

Commonwealth Financial Services has topped the ASSIRT quarterly inflow tables for the third time in succession, thanks largely to huge inflows into its cash management tr...

Financial planning

Happy new year or is the bubble ready to burst?

Fund managers are becoming increasingly cautious as the risk of a major correction looms on the investment horizon. ...

Financial planning

A-grade advice you can privately bank on

Back in December I attended a conference on private banking. There I heard a speaker say the following:...

Financial planning

Allen key to the right package

Adviser Group founder Gordon Allen has joined Melbourne-based marketing company CPM Communications Group to launch a project management service for public offer investmen...

Financial planning

Millennium event set to provide a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity

Doom and gloom merchants have already fallen in love with the so-called millennium (Y2K) bug. But in the financial markets, it’s a ill wind indeed that blows no good to a...