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Financial planning

Melbourne-based index fund manager Vanguard Investments Australia is expanding its operations with the opening of a Sydney office to service advisers and build on inflows...

Editorial

Listed financial services group Count Financial will transfer advisers of Count owned dealer group Compound Investments to work under its parent brand and licence over th...

Editorial

Master trusts have changed the corporate superannuation landscape to the extent that winding down a fund and outsourcing to a master trust is now de rigeur....

Financial planning

Risk insurance group PrefSure Life will cut its ties with up to 1500 financial planners choosing instead to focus on a core group of 45 advisers, saving $3 million in exp...

Financial planning

Citigroup Asset Management (CAM) is set to expand its retail presence in the Australian market with plans to launch a range of new products with the aim of building on it...

Financial planning

Australian retail property syndicate Centro MCS has launched a wholesale version of its direct property fund hard on the heels of the retail version of the offering....

Financial planning

BT Financial Group has announced record figures in terms of funds under administration (FUA) for both its super and wrap platforms....

Financial planning

DKN Financial Group has relaunched its superannuation offering, AustChoice Super, and in the process slashed its management fees by up to 50 per cent....

Financial planning

Skandia has enhanced its platform offering through the inclusion of absolute return strategies to the fund-of-funds arm of both its Skandia One (bundled) and Skandia Glob...

Financial planning

Coin Financial Software’s foray into the financial planning software market is gathering pace with a number of dealer groups signing up to its flagship offering Strategy ...

Financial planning

JOHN WILKINSON looks into the future of platforms – and it’s getting smaller all the time...

Financial planning

This year will see the FSRA come into force in financial planning practices everywhere, but what else is on the agenda? JULIE BENNETT reports....

Editorial

LUCIE BEAMAN spoke to Richard Gilbert and Brian Thomas about what will be the major influences on the funds management world this year....

Funds management

Pengana Capital is planning to launch a new long-short absolute return hedge fund that will invest in global real estate later this financial year....

Financial planning

Dealer group Garrisons has added Colonial FirstChoice and Perpetual WealthFocus to its platform offering after conducting a review fuelled by adviser concern the Challeng...

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