The rise and rise of portfolio administration services such as master trusts and wrap accounts has seen a lot of bickering about who is doing what to whom in the marketpl...
Wrap account developers have hailed the recent introduction of superannuation into the wrap structure as a major breakthrough. Samantha Walker takes a look at the financi...
With less than a month in the managing director seat, Garry Mulcahy has already set his sights on new opportunities for the FlexiPlan master trust operations. Samantha Wa...
Rodney Adler says distribution is king when it comes to financial services....
FlexiPlan managing director Sue Thomas has sold her 20 per cent stake in the business to MLC and stepped down as managing director....
Do you offer a wrap service? Why/why not?...
Colonial’s Australian Financial Services division has reported a profit of $212 million, up 38 per cent, for the year ending December 31, 1998....
Colonial is to slash its retail product range as part of the rationalisation following the mergers with Legal & General and Prudential....
At the time of writing this article only one of the three forums on administration systems (wraps and master trusts) had been held. ...
This edition of Money Management is dominated by the evolving business of portfolio administration services. ...
With three conferences on client portfolio management systems scheduled for Sydney over the next week or so, the master trust versus wrap account war appears to be escala...
The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...
It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...