MASTER TRUST

Financial planning

The Deakin Financial Services Group is on the hunt for nearly 100 further planners and will set up its own master trust and front end software systems after a marathon me...

Financial planning

THE ASCENSION of the administration platform has been taking place for more than a decade, making it hard for planners to remember when they did not use one....

Financial planning

Master trust and wrap providers may be less concerned about fees than they are making out. GEORGE LIONDIS digs deep into the latest fee data....

Financial planning

It is no secret that master funds and other forms of reporting technology require constant up keep. And, it seems a never ending string of payments....

Financial planning

While master trusts and wraps make administration easier, they have also added another level of fees. JASON SPITS examines who gets what in the platform fee carve up....

Financial planning

Master trust fee levels will ultimately be determined by investors, through innovations such as Colonial’s FirstChoice master trust. KATE KACHOR reports....

Financial planning

The Norwich Union group has teamed up with Australia’s largest independently owned dealer group, Professional Investment Services (PIS), to distribute its flagship master...

Financial planning

UBS Global Asset Management came from almost nowhere to win this year’s Fund Manager of the Year award. DAVID HOVENDEN spoke to John Larum and Colin Woods about the group...

Financial planning

Standard & Poor’s (S&P) has begun a ratings system for master trusts and wrap accounts after today releasing the details of its latest research product, the Master Trust ...

Superannuation

What are the differences between self-managed super funds, small APRA funds and a master trust, and what type of clients suit them? KATE KACHOR reports on what to look ou...

Financial planning

The AXA Group has embarked on a major makeover of its flagship master trust, Summit, in an effort to entrench the investment platform as one of the largest master trusts ...

Financial planning

Colonial First State has completed almost nine months of preparations for its much anticipated new master trust, gearing up to launch the investment platform to its finan...

Editorial

Norwich Union has recovered from last year’s write-downs to post a $72.1 million operating profit for the year ending December 2001....

Financial planning

Financial services group Stockford has today launched its own master trust, Portfolio Preference, offering a suite of products to clients of Stockford Financial Services’...

Financial planning

Practice management can mean the difference between having an efficient or sloppy planning business. KATE KACHOR reports on what the industry considers the best and worst...

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