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Financial planning

THE Treasury Group has flatly denied speculation it will finance a new boutique fund management operation by the soon to depart senior portfolio manager at Perpetual, Pet...

Financial planning

IN THE weeks since Westpac announced the purchase of BT, alongside that of Sagitta, speculation has been rife about who will stay, what jobs they will hold and who will l...

Financial planning

Westpac’s acquisition of BT Financial Group should be a minor boon to investors with BT Funds Management (BTFM), but investors at Sagitta Wealth Management could face a p...

Financial planning

A new management team at Norwich Union’s funds management arm, Portfolio Partners, could help the fledgling group reverse the problem of rapidly outflowing funds, accordi...

Financial planning

Morningstar has released a review of JBWere’s business and management strengths, and has rated the company with a three out of five, but says it could have been a stronge...

Financial planning

IOOF Investment Manager and its subsidiary Perennial will need to make significant investments in growing staff numbers and infrastructure if they want to establish thems...

Financial planning

Morningstar has released its business and management strength rating for IOOF and its funds management arm Perennial Partners giving the group a three out of five rating,...

Financial planning

Morningstar has released its business and management strength rating for Invesco Australia and has been less than complimentary awarding the manager a two out of five in ...

Funds management

Tower Asset Management has fallen victim to the continuing instability of the wider Tower group, receiving a weak rating from research house Morningstar for its business ...

Financial planning

GRAHAM RICH has begun Supreme Court proceedings against his former employer, Morningstar....

Financial planning

MELBOURNE-BASED financial planner Neville Krynauw cannot understand why the cost of platforms for advisers keeps rising when the technology costs keep falling....

Financial planning

Research house Morningstar has given Platinum Asset Management a two out of five business and management strength rating, citing the manager’s track record of solid inter...

Financial planning

HSBC Asset Management (Australia) has been given an average rating by two major research houses this week, scoring a three in Morningstar’s Business and Management Streng...

Financial planning

Research house Morningstar today released a Business and Management Strenth (BMS) rating on AXA Australia, scoring the group with a mark of three representing a place in ...

Financial planning

A war of words has erupted within the financial services industry, pegging both fund managers and research house analysts together, over a controversial Australian univer...

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