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Financial planning

No platform provider is now without the ‘baby’ or ‘lite’ version of the full service wrap. In most cases, these ‘lite’ platforms have attracted substantial inflows withou...

Financial planning

Mergers and acquisitions played less of a driving role in the sector’s growth this past year than at any time since the product started to take off in 19887, but this mar...

Financial planning

Securitor is close to introducing several initiatives as part of its ongoing Tropicana project and overhauling its pricing methods including introducing a system to rewar...

Financial planning

After ending an exclusive distribution arrangement with BT Funds Management, one of the world’s largest investment managers, Putnam Investments, is set to make its presen...

Financial planning

ING has expanded its product team to fast track the development of planned new products based principally around its OneAnswer master trust offering....

Superannuation

The latest AMP Capital/Investment Trends SMSF Investor Report has revealed compliance is now clearly the number one challenge being faced by people running their own supe...

Rate the raters

Fund managers have again been given the opportunity to give their frank but anonymous assessment on the research houses which so frequently determine how the financial se...

Funds management

Days after it received the seal of approval from Standard & Poor’s, Macquarie Investment Management has formally launched its global private equity fund, which will go on...

Financial planning

Challenger is launching a global infrastructure fund designed for platforms next month....

Financial planning

Investment Data Technologies has completed its first step toward financial recovery with the sale of its data business unit to a joint venture organisation formed by bril...

Financial planning

Former MFS head of distribution Sean Preece has returned to the financial services industry to take up the position of head of distribution for Ord Minnett’s asset manage...

Financial planning

MLC has launched a new version of its MasterKey platform that contains no commissions, aimed at supporting advisers who conduct the majority of their business on a fee-fo...

Superannuation

AXA has revealed the features of its self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) service as financial advisers begin to take over from accountants in setting up SMSFs....

Financial planning

The managed funds industry finished off 2005 with weaker investment flows in the December quarter, according to the latest Standard & Poor’s Market Share Preliminary Find...

Editorial

The advice business of AXA Asia Pacific has experienced a strong year of performance in 2005 with operating earnings up $14.5 million, or 69.7 per cent, to $35.3 million ...

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