DAVID Attenborough, looking at the financial planning landscape in the early 1990s, would have noted how the scene was dominated by relatively small, independent packs of...
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has forced Beacon Funds Management (BFM) to transfer the funds under its trusteeship to a new approved trustee....
Master trusts and wraps continue to snatch significant sums of money in the funds management game, drawing $5.9 billion in net inflows in the June 2002 quarter. But fortu...
While choice of funds makes its way back onto the agenda, TOM COLLINS says the issue of self interest must be tackled or the industry faces the possibility of further gov...
Retail investors are set to gain more exposure to private equity as master trusts increasingly embrace these investments, predicts Marcus Darville, head of Private Equity...
INDUSTRY reporting standards fall short in providing fair comparisons in the area of superannuation funds, according to Chant West Financial Services director, Warren Cha...
Hedge funds have done well in terms of both performance and distribution, but they are yet to be universally accepted on master trust menus. FIONA MOORE reports....
One of the stumbling blocks for the industry in establishing a risk master trust has always been how to get the insurance groups on side. ALLAN BETTS gives an insurance p...
Following his retrospective a month ago, TOM COLLINS looks forward and predicts what changes and trends will emerge over the next four years and the impact they will have...
Will master trusts and planning software ever merge. John Wilkinson finds opinion is still divided....
Many master trust and wrap platforms will not meet their reporting deadlines to financial planners and their clients for the financial year just passed....
Perpetual Investments is preparing to shut off its wholesale small companies fund in order to protect the performance of the half-billion dollar investment vehicle....
Has the roll out of financial services products reached a plateau? In recent week there have been a large number of product providers rolling out enhancements and new fea...
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....
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....
Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....
It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...
increased professionalism within the industry - shouldn't that say, FAR register almost halving in the last 24 months he...