MASTER TRUSTS

Financial planning

Payments received by financial planners for using master trusts and wrap platforms are set to come under increasing scrutiny, with two key industry bodies close to signin...

Financial planning

So you thought platforms were a steady business? Not on your life. It has been a year of movers and shakers, writes Ross Kelly....

Funds management

APN Funds Management has launched a global version of its Property For Income fund to be managed by New York-based The Fiduciary Fund....

Financial planning

The funds management industry grew by just under 15 per cent for the year ending September driven by strong investment markets and buoyed investor sentiment....

Financial planning

The new generation of low cost master trust and wrap platforms are continuing to cannibalise fund inflows from both direct retail funds and older more established platfor...

Financial planning

Retail industry superannuation fund REST is actively examining options for the provision of financial advice to members....

Funds management

Pengana Capital is planning to launch a new long-short absolute return hedge fund that will invest in global real estate later this financial year....

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has put institutions with aligned advisers on notice after a recent surveillance project found that commission...

Financial planning

An “infiltration” of commissions into the corporate superannuation market is causing “wide-ranging and insidious side-effects” for consumers according to a statement by a...

Financial planning

Dealer groups could be faced with compliance issues over slow trades and transactions inside platforms, according to Colonial First State general manager of product Brian...

Financial planning

Master trusts are continuing to outstrip their traditional retail fund counterparts in terms of asset grow and fund flows according to actuary and research firm Plan For ...

Financial planning

Software provider Investment Data Technologies (IDT) has moved to integrate its adviser systems with popular wrap and master trust platforms to give planners seamless acc...

Financial planning

Many one-man bands and small practices are handling their own back-office. Lucie Beaman reports....

Financial planning

Portfolio Partners is set to close its small-cap Emerging Shares Trust to institutional investors and use its remaining capacity for retail inflows sourced through master...

Financial planning

The corporate superannuation market might be shrinking but opportunities for advisers still abound. Craig Phillips reports....

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