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Financial planning

BT Funds Management has created the position of head of equity research, appointing Crispin Murray to the role. Murray, the former executive vice president and head of Eu...

Financial planning

The previous head of business development at Westpac, Paul van Rooyen, has taken on the newly created role of head of retail distribution with Colonial First State (CFS) ...

Financial planning

AUSTRALIAN mortgage trusts are investing an increasing proportion of their funds in cash due to the current down market, meaning investors are being hit with lower than e...

Financial planning

The value of BT to a big bank like Westpac lay in its wrap account platforms and that, argues LEO WASSERCUG, is a sign of the times....

Financial planning

The retail funds management industry has suffered its second consecutive quarter of decline dropping three per cent from $236 billion to $229 billion over the September q...

Financial planning

Westpac wealth management group executive David Clarke yesterday confirmed what the financial services industry had long guessed ? the Sagitta name will be dropped in fav...

Financial planning

With the benefit of 20/20 hindsight, Westpac’s buy-out of BT Funds Management would have been handled differently, according to Westpac’s group executive of wealth manage...

Financial planning

THE FORMAL takeover of BT by Westpac will leave the new entity with two margin lending operations....

Financial planning

It is hard to fault BT Funds Management over its recent decision to rebate back to investors 0.5 per cent of their management fee on the BT Australian Share Fund for a si...

Financial planning

InvestorWeb has reacted to BT Funds Management’s decision to outsource its international equities management to Putnam by rating funds in this area with a buy recommendat...

Financial planning

Life insurance premium inflows declined in the 12 months to the end of June despite surges in the group superannuation investment and risk markets, according to figures r...

People & Products

BT Funds Management has today appointed US based Putnam Investments to manage its $5 billion international share portfolio....

Financial planning

The Top 100 Dealers Survey is punctuated by the moves of dealer groups, which are often the result of large wallets and large deals. SIMON SEGAL looks at what went down b...

Financial planning

Having the biggest planner force is no sign of success. As JOHN WILKINSON writes, some of the lesser lights are advising on even greater sums for wealthier clients than t...

Financial planning

THE Merrill Lynch Investment Management group commands more loyalty from its customers than all other fund managers, even though it accounts for less than one per cent of...

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Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

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Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

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ASIC has suspended the Australian Financial Services Licence of a Melbourne-based financial advice firm....

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