MERCER

Policy & Regulation

The Future of Financial Advice reforms may have passed through the House of Representatives but there is plenty of unknown detail causing concern to the major association...

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Editorial

Financial planners should take heart that the Industry Super Network appears to have changed the 'messaging' contained in its television advertising....

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Financial planning

Unaligned dealer groups cannot establish in-house funds management businesses and hope to maintain their independence, according to Tupicoffs partner Neil Kendall....

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Editorial

Some of the players might not approve of the way in which the FOFA bills will ultimately be shaped but, as Mike Taylor reports, a Money Management roundtable has conclude...

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Financial planning

Scaled advice remains an area of considerable uncertainty despite the Future of Financial Advice bills having passed the House of Representatives....

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Policy & Regulation

Independent dealer groups wondering how they will service mass affluent clients under FOFA should consider starting up their own funds management business, says Mercer he...

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Financial planning

Mercer has completed a deal to provide Citibank Australia with research and an adviser portal. In a separate deal, Mercer is set to become an investment consultant to SFG...

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Policy & Regulation

The FPA's Mark Rantall has told a Money Management roundtable that asset-based fees should not act as an impediment to ASIC providing class-order relief from opt-in....

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Financial planning

New Zealand retail funds under management grew by 3.4 per cent in the December 2011 quarter to $28.6 billion, replicating growth in the same period in 2010, according to ...

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Editorial

Learn about SMAs features and the pros and cons of using an Australian equity SMA...

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Editorial

As many traditional multi-asset funds disappointed during the GFC, recent times have seen many managers diversify. Deanne Fuller examines the sector....

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Editorial

BT emerged from 2011 relatively unscathed in what was a poor year for retail managed funds providers....

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Policy & Regulation

Financial planners may well be resistant to the Government's two-year opt-in, but many are already putting in place the paperwork necessary to establish the arrangement w...

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Financial planning

Premium China Funds Management has withdrawn its funds from S&P's ratings services in response to S&P's impending withdrawal from Australian funds research....

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People & Products

Australian Ethical has appointed David Macri as chief investment officer following James Jordan's decision to step down after nearly two years in the role....

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