FUND MANAGERS

Financial planning

The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) has made a pitch to fund managers and asset consultants that it still regards superannuation as an integral part of its appr...

Financial planning

The former head of the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) Fund Connect project has joined its rival Ausmaq as a consultant in what the group says is a bid “to push it the la...

Financial planning

The Norwich Union owned Navigator platform is set to incorporate straight through processing (STP) throughout its operations, to the benefit of the 3,500 financial advise...

Financial planning

Financial planning software provider Syscorp has signed an alliance with Computer Science Corporation (CSC) for the latter to act as a distribution channel for Syscorp’s ...

Financial planning

Master funds and wrap account platforms have changed the landscape of the financial services industry. However, says Dominic McCormick, one issue that doesn’t get enough ...

Financial planning

Nearly 60 Australian fund managers have been set a July 18 deadline by the New Zealand Securities Commission to investigate possible breaches of regulations in filing do...

Financial planning

OFM Investment Group is conducting due diligence on a new administration outsource provider after mutually agreeing to part with incumbent provider, State Trustees, follo...

Financial planning

25 per cent of Securities Institute members remain unconvinced the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s (ASIC) recently released guidelines on fee disclosur...

Funds management

Perennial Investment Partners yesterday signalled it will continue to be active in representing investor interests on corporate governance, a stance coinciding with the r...

Financial planning

With the sun now peeking through on international stock markets, Ben Abbott reports on how fund managers have managed to weather the storm....

Funds management

Australian fund managers are confident this financial year will prove more fruitful than 2002/03 despite the failure of estimates made this time last year to materialise....

People & Products

The former head of implemented consulting at JANA Investment Advisers, Simon Ibbetson, has been named as the new head of Assirt Research....

Funds management

The Australian funds management industry appears to have ‘turned the corner’ after end of year figures released by research house Dexx&r indicate a healthier state of aff...

Financial planning

PremiumChoice platform is set to target Western and South Australia in a bid to expand the number of dealer groups using its services by 30 per cent over the next 12 mont...

Financial planning

MLC and electronic platform provider InvestmentLink have signed a deal that will enable the MLC group to widen its platform’s reporting capabilities to include products f...

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