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Financial planning
Maple-Brown Abbott has acquired management rights for two of its funds from Advance Asset Management, with Ironbark to provide distribution....
Superannuation
Bendigo Wealth is targeting fee-for-service independent financial advisers (IFAs) with the launch of a low-cost, 'true-to-label' superannuation product called SmartStart ...
Editorial
With a wave of reform about to hit the industry, financial advisers will soon have to change some of the considerations they take into account when recommending certain i...
Financial planning
Former Trio director Keith Finkelde has entered into an enforceable undertaking with APRA that will see him barred from acting as the trustee of an APRA-regulated super e...
Funds management
ASIC has recommended asset level disclosure on hedge funds as it pursues tighter requirements in a post-Astarra/Trio environment....
Editorial
What is an appropriate fee structure and level for an Australian equities fund for which performance fees are charged?...
Editorial
This month PortfolioConstruction Forum asked the research houses: What is an appropriate fee structure and level for an Australian equities fund for which performance fee...
Financial planning
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has entered into enforceable undertakings (EUs) with the remaining two former directors of Trio Capital, Keith...
Financial planning
Investors are taking up more separately managed accounts (SMAs) and the number of fund managers is growing to meet demand, according to Standard & Poor's latest 'SMA Mode...
Policy & Regulation
Australia's taxation of foreign managed funds will soon be aligned with countries including the US, the UK, Hong Kong and Singapore, as the Federal Government rolls out i...
Financial planning
Former Astarra Asset Management investment manager Shawn Richard was on Friday sentenced to a total of 3 years and 9 months imprisonment with a minimum term of 2 years an...
Financial planning
Former Astarra Asset Management investment manager Shawn Richard has today been jailed for two and a half years in the New South Wales Supreme Court....
Financial planning
NAB's direct asset management business, nabInvest, has today announced the acquisition of investment manager Aviva Investors Australia. ...
Financial planning
Standard & Poor's ratings on the Zurich Investments Global Growth Share Fund and Zurich Investments Unhedged Global Growth Share Fund will remain unaffected by the change...
Financial planning
BTIM has acquired London-based J O Hambro Capital Management for $314 million....
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The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
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It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...