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HSBC Australia will boost its presence in master trusts and wrap accounts spearheading a global move away from direct sales according to chief executive officer Barry She...

Financial planning

Fund Managers are caught in relationship crossfire. The demand for greater performance and transparency is gathering momentum. Consumers and key players in the food chain...

Financial planning

Recently departed Morningstar Research head of sales Toby Potter will shortly rejoin the industry in a sales and marketing position with the research division of financia...

Financial planning

Australian shares look likely to maintain their status as an investor “safe haven” compared with other share markets, a panel of the financial services industry’s top chi...

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Morningstar head of sales Toby Potter will leave the research house after submitting his resignation, effective immediately, which came at the end of a review of its busi...

Financial planning

Tower Managed Funds now shares the same status as Tyndall as a one star fund manager, after Morningstar announced a downgrade yesterday....

Financial planning

Challenger has finally rolled out the Galaxy master trust after announcing its intention to offer the group’s second master trust offering in November last year....

Financial planning

Morningstar has dropped another star off BT Fund Management’s rating, downgrading the fund manager from three to two stars....

Financial planning

Former Deutsche Asset Management investment director Gary Burke has moved across to Zurich Scudder Investments (ZSI) to take on the newly created role of Australian head ...

Financial planning

The funds management industry needs an overhaul of small, inactive and low performing products to improve efficiency and customer service, according to two key research f...

Financial planning

BT Funds Management has begun a concerted campaign to win-back adviser confidence in its investment skills, says chief investment officer Gary Symons....

Financial planning

Australian Skandia has become the first financial services group to take up the Morningstar global style box tool as a key element in the launch of its first products int...

Financial planning

Morningstar has fired its latest salvo in the battle among researchers for the hearts and minds of advisers and investors with the launch of a new portfolio construction ...

Financial planning

Fund manager Tyndall Investment Manager has received conflicting ratings from two of the industry’s research houses....

Financial planning

Globalisation of the Australian financial services industry could take up to 10 years, says McKinsey and Company managing partner John Stuckey....

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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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