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Financial planning

Count Financial has reported a 36 per cent increase in funds under advice for 2004-05, despite a small reduction in its number of franchisees....

Financial planning

Barclays Diversified Growth was the star performer in Mercer’s pooled fund survey for the quarter to June 30, returning 3.8 per cent, against a median 3.2 per cent....

Financial planning

Zenith Investment Partners has placed a sell rating on Portfolio Partners’ Elite Opportunities Trust following last month’s resignation of Chris Kourtis as portfolio mana...

Financial planning

Boutique Australian equity manager Prime Value has secured its first listings on two retail platforms....

Financial planning

Results of the Commonwealth Bank’s review of Colonial First State will be announced before the end of February, as dealer groups and researchers call for a refinement of ...

Financial planning

Colonial First State has outsourced half of the listed property trust portfolio in its balanced fund to Pengana Capital....

Financial planning

In a pre-choice attempt to attract do-it-yourself (DIY) superannuation investors, ING has halved minimum investment amounts and cut management expense ratios (MERs) for i...

Financial planning

UK insurer Aviva has finally acted on adviser demand for ‘baby’ platforms, and will release a simplified, low cost version of Navigator called Navigator Access....

People & Products

The former head of BT Financial Group, David Clarke, has returned to the industry as chair of non-conforming and equity release lender, Bluestone Group....

Financial planning

Australian Unity is one of the Rising Stars in the retail platform sector, having increased funds under management to its own platform by 65 per cent during December 2003...

Funds management

A willingness to look offshore, as well as travel outside the index in Australia, has carried Principal Global Investors to a win in the property securities category of t...

Superannuation

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia appears as one of the Superstars on this year’s list of leading investment platform providers. It is the second largest group in terms ...

Superannuation

The platform market has neatly divided itself into two segments — with providers such as Asgard, BT and Navigator in one group, and the other made up of a variety of smal...

Financial planning

AMP Financial Planning has for the first time added four non-AMP employer superannuation master trust providers to its approved products list....

Financial planning

Perennial Investment Partners has been mandated by Intech Investment Consultants to manage $300 million in its Australian fixed interest trust....

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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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