We are all aware that reduced levels of investment returns will accelerate the rate at which clients are demanding lower overall fees for their managed investments....

There is a lot of interest at the moment in Separately Managed Accounts (SMAs) - also known as Individually Managed Accounts - and their imminent coming of age....

Merger and acquisition activity among the larger funds management groups has meant many now face the challenges of consolidating assets within multiple platforms into sin...

Colonial First State’s (CFS) flagship master trust, FirstChoice, has reached the $2 billion mark in funds under administration less than nine months after its launch....

It’s been three years since Money Management last profiled the Glenhurst Corporation and in that time much has changed. JOHN WILKINSON reports....

The US based Cerulli Associates research group has reaffirmed its much publicised prediction that Australia’s investment platform marketplace is heading for considerable ...

Count Wealth Accountants has signed with Australian Skandia to make use of the group’s platform which it plans to formally launch in mid February....

Wraps based on the Australian model will replace self-managed accounts in the UK financial services market, a new British report says....

Van Eyk Research and Syscorp have signed a memorandum of understanding to deliver an Individually Managed Account (IMA) to the financial planning market....

Macquarie Funds Management will move to list its wholesale Diversified Treasury Fund on master trust and wrap menus after the fund broke the $1 billion mark for funds und...

The opportunity to take an equity stake is one of the most important features advisers look for when choosing a master trust or wrap. But could it leave the financial pla...

Platforms have long been a key method to access a range of investments and as JASON SPITS reports, rather than being brought down by recent markets, they have continued t...

Financial services education has been a hot topic throughout this year but the issue is about to get even hotter due to a decision made by National Finance Industry Train...

ANYONE who knows anything about the business of financial services knows that master trust and wrap platforms have risen from almost nought a decade ago to become the dom...