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Listed financial planning dealer group Count Financial is on track to exceed its operating profit growth target of 30 per cent for the third consecutive year....
Australia’s five largest banks increased their wealth management income by 19.2 per cent and their funds under management by 11.3 per cent in the first half of 2004-05, a...
The Tasmanian State Government has become an unlikely bidder for financial planners’ direct equity business, through its backing of a new service called investmentadviser...
Solid growth in inflows through platforms and wholesale funds along with strong contributions from Asia have offset weaker results in advice from New Zealand to deliver A...
Industry superannuation funds cannot boast a consistent fee advantage over all retail master trusts and, where multi-manager platforms are concerned, may be more expensiv...
Nothing much has changed on Money Management’s list of Top 50 Distributors during the space of the last 12 months....
Count Financial has reported a 36 per cent increase in funds under advice for 2004-05, despite a small reduction in its number of franchisees....
The evolution of financial planning systems has taken various forms, as the complexity of advisers’ business practices grows. Traditionally, there has been the front-end ...
Mariner Financial has become the latest fund manager to launch an American property trust, the Mariner American Property Income Trust, which it claims will target high-yi...
The rise of platforms is killing off small funds managers, with advisers today placing only half the assets direct with managers that they did three years ago....
The success of a dealer group is often measured by adviser numbers. However, examining the assets of the dealer group – that is, the funds under advice and the productivi...
This marks the seventh year Money Management has produced the Top 100 Dealer Groups Survey and it remains the most extensive report of its type in the industry. The surve...
ING Investment Management has launched the ING Global High Dividend Fund, which it claims is Australia’s first to select stocks on the basis of their dividend yields....
Boutique Australian equity manager Prime Value has secured its first listings on two retail platforms....
So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...
Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...