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HSBC Australia will boost its presence in master trusts and wrap accounts spearheading a global move away from direct sales according to chief executive officer Barry She...

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Australian firm ObjectMastery is shrugging off the downturn in the funds management business in the UK with its Transact wrap account receiving inflows of about $375,000 ...

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Boutique funds management group Investors Mutual will launch two new funds before the end of the year as part of an expansion plan according to managing director Anton Ta...

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The introduction of new privacy rules in December still holds uncertainty for parts of the industry, as ground rules are yet to be laid. Mike Taylor looks at the effects ...

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BT Funds Management (BTFM) chief investment officer Gary Symons has hit out angrily at ratings house InvestorWeb after the group downgraded all of BTFM’s international fu...

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I set off on my recent trip to the UK smug in the belief that I’d be able to teach the Poms a thing or two, as our industry, as we keep telling each other, is so far ahe...

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In recent weeks the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has been particularly active in the prosecution of its duties in the financial services indust...

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Royal and SunAlliance Financial Services has boosted its Queensland presence with the addition of three new business development managers operating out of the state and t...

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Barclays Global Investors (BGI) has received the thumbs up from Assirt with its overall rating moving up from competent to strong with Assirt paying particular focus to t...

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Challenger has launched a master trust featuring a range of boutique managers specialising in Australian equities....

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Australia’s pooled fund managers had more than $4 billion wiped off their bottom line in the first quarter of this financial year as the September 11 tragedy in the US pl...

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Investors are bullish about increasing their exposure to the Australian sharemarket, despite the low-growth conditions affecting economies and share markets world wide, a...

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

5 months 2 weeks ago

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

5 months 2 weeks ago

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

7 months 3 weeks ago

The RBA has handed down its much-anticipated rate decision, following widespread expectations of a close call....

1 week 3 days ago

The FSCP has issued a written direction to an adviser who charged clients “extraordinary fees” for inappropriate and conflicted advice, as well as encouraged them to swit...

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ASIC has confirmed the industry funding levy for the 2024–25 financial year, and how much licensees can expect to pay....

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