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....
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...
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...
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....
BT Financial Group has announced record figures in terms of funds under administration (FUA) for both its super and wrap platforms....
DKN Financial Group has relaunched its superannuation offering, AustChoice Super, and in the process slashed its management fees by up to 50 per cent....
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...
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 ...
JOHN WILKINSON looks into the future of platforms – and it’s getting smaller all the time...
This year will see the FSRA come into force in financial planning practices everywhere, but what else is on the agenda? JULIE BENNETT reports....
LUCIE BEAMAN spoke to Richard Gilbert and Brian Thomas about what will be the major influences on the funds management world this year....
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....
Dealer group Garrisons has added Colonial FirstChoice and Perpetual WealthFocus to its platform offering after conducting a review fuelled by adviser concern the Challeng...
Asgard will venture into the low-cost platform arena in April with the launch of its own mini-master trust - Elements - and further congest the rapidly burgeoning market ...
As the financial services industry heads into a new year a backward glance at 2003 shows that while it may have been the Year of the Horse, it was also the Year of the Bo...
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...