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So you thought platforms were a steady business? Not on your life. It has been a year of movers and shakers, writes Ross Kelly....

Financial planning

AMP Financial Services has re-jigged the investment management line up for its major super and retirement platforms....

Financial planning

A former tax agent, accountant and financial planner has been jailed for six-and-a-half years in the Western Australian District Court after being found guilty of tax fra...

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Index hugger Vanguard and specialist bond manager Pimco have been rated the pick of international fixed interest managers by research group Morningstar....

Financial planning

DKN Financial Group has linked up with BT Financial Group to offer a new investment platform to its network of advisers....

Financial planning

Tower Wealth Management owned dealer group Bridges has increased its push into the external dealer group services market by appointing former BT head of wrap specialist G...

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BT Financial Group has signed a deal with Newcastle Permanent Building Society to badge BT’s wrap suite as the core platform within the NSW central coast firm’s wealth ma...

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Westpac has beefed up its financial advice team following the promotion of BT Financial Group general manager distribution and key executive within the group’s advice div...

Financial planning

Inflows to the life insurance risk market rose 10.9 per cent to $4.2 billion in the 12 months to June 2004, according to a Plan For Life report....

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BT Financial Group has announced its chief executive David Clarke will step down as head of the group in February to pursue “wider business interests”, two years after ta...

Financial planning

Research group Lonsec’s scepticism as to the capacity of domestic fund managers to establish thriving global equity arms has prompted it to place Perpetual Trustees Austr...

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The platform industry is underperforming in key areas of service delivery to financial advisers, including accuracy of reporting and processing, according to a damning ne...

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Melbourne-based boutique hedge fund firm K2 Asset Management has announced plans to close its Australian absolute return fund to avoid triggering potential capacity and l...

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Platform provider Navigator today became the latest fund manager to roll-out its own Term Allocated Pension products ahead of law changes that will see the new income str...

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Colonial First State has prevailed as the dominant force in the retail managed funds industry, despite registering a drop in inflows of $616 million for the year to date ...

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