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Financial planning

05 Dec

Colonial to distribute 452 Capital funds

Colonial First State has signed an agreement with 452 Capital, the group set up by ex-Perpetual senior analyst Peter Morgan and Warwick Negus, to exclusively distribute t...

Financial planning

04 Dec

AMP guts UK planning arm as Mohl’s pay revealed

AMP has announced a further 1900 job cuts from its troubled UK Financial Services arm, mostly from the ranks of its financial planners, at the same time as details of chi...

Financial planning

03 Dec

Syscorp and van Eyk launch IMA

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

People & Products

02 Dec

Manager appointed to Macquarie leaders fund

Macquarie Funds Management has appointed Stephen Giubin to the position of senior portfolio manager and analyst in its active equities team....

Financial planning

29 Nov

Perpetual promotes equity analysts

Perpetual Investments has promoted a number of its equities analysts to senior roles as part of an increase in their money management responsibilities. ....

Financial planning

28 Nov

Rantall gets top job at Godfrey Pembroke

Godfrey Pembroke Limited will have a new managing director for the new year, with National’s wealth management division appointing Mark Rantall to the vacant position....

Financial planning

27 Nov

IWL creates new role to lead planning strategy

IWL has appointed Ross Johnston to the newly created position of head of financial planning strategy in a move it says will underpin the growth of its planning software b...

Financial planning

27 Nov

Navigator wins pot of Singapore gold

The Singapore arm of Norwich Union’s Navigator master trust platform has signed a deal with the $61 billion Central Provident Fund Investment Scheme (CPFIS)....

Financial planning

26 Nov

BT Wrap partners new investment managers

BT has introduced a new series of style-based wholesale funds on its Wrap platform in collaboration with InTech and several investment managers....

Financial planning

25 Nov

Middle cut from financial planning market

The middle is dropping out of the financial planning industry as medium sized financial services groups continue to decline in numbers through mergers and consolidation, ...