The influence of large scale financial institutions in the financial advice market shows no signs of abating. GEORGE LIONDIS reports on Money Management’s second annual l...

Wrap accounts are set to replace master trusts as tomorrow’s product. <caps>Fiona Moore</caps> finds out why, and what it means for financial planners....

Master trust funds under administration continue to grow, as financial planners embrace these platforms with increasing enthusiasm. NICOLE SZOLLOS speaks to some of the b...

<i>Money Management</i> hosted an exclusive Master Trust round table discussion, bringing together the views of the research, funds management, master trust and financial...

Superannuation master trusts growth is virtually assured, thanks to the Super Guarantee levy. However, as FIONA MOORE reports, not so definite is who the survivors will b...

If their phenomenal level of growth is anything to go by, non-super master trusts appear destined to become the dominant investment vehicle in Australia. GEORGE LIONDIS r...

Online financial services group, Sanford, has signed an agreement to provide its online share trading product, Virtual Broker, to Optimix Investment Management, a special...

AXA retail funds and superannuation marketing national manager Mick O’Brien has become the group’s new chief investment officer (CIO) after AXA decided to combine the rol...

Over the last few years I’ve noticed that industry commentators are focussing on the issue of so called “independence” of advice and then drawing the conclusion that this...

Bucking the aggregation trend, eleven former Pembroke and Godfrey Pembroke financial planners have established their own planning business following their growing disillu...

The financial services industry remains inefficient because its success means it does not have to improve. However Tom Collins argues this will spur on the next wave of c...

MLC plans to bring together its two investment platforms, MasterKey and Flexiplan, in a bid to enhance the product offering of both product in the areas of client service...

There is no doubt a major trend in the industry over the past five years has been for the majority of retail investment to go through administration platforms such as wra...

Inflows into retail financial services products do not accurately reflect the current state of the market since they do not track funds entering master trusts and wraps a...