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Financial planning

The total master fund market grew by 21.1 per cent in 2009 and stood at $410.3 billion at 31 December, according to Plan for Life research....

Financial planning

Investment Trends names Navigator leading platform in a year marked by intense investment in specific improvements....

Financial planning

CFS Custom Solutions has entered into a white label agreement to provide a platform solution for Guardian Financial Planning....

Financial planning

Paradigm Wealth Management has transitioned $70 million to its Managed Account Service from traditional platforms, enabling it to implement a true fee-for-service approac...

Editorial

Dominic McCormick explains why it is time to increase the heat on the frozen funds littering the mortgage, high yield, property and hedge fund sectors....

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Superannuation

The superannuation sector has been hit hard in recent years as funds suffered greatly at the hands of market volatility. Angela Faherty takes a look at what the future ho...

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Financial planning

AXA has announced that the company's North platform, which is built on Wealth.Net and has been in development for the last two years, will eventually completely replace t...

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Financial planning

Australian delays in adopting regulations currently in place in the UK, which are facilitating a shift from insurance to a managed investment focus, will have a high cost...

Financial planning

The platform and financial services provider has introduced new modelling and rebalancing technology to its products....

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People & Products

ING Australia has appointed Stewart Brentnall to the newly created role of chief investment officer....

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Editorial

Mike Taylor looks at the ACCC's report on NAB's and AMP's bids for AXA Asia Pacific, as well as industry consolidation in general....

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Financial planning

Portfolio administration company Praemium is set to expand as a result of the impending shift from commissions to fee-for-service, according to Praemium’s group chief exe...

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Financial planning

Westpac Group believes the worst may be behind it, registering a stronger quarter with growth across home lending and on the BT Wrap and Asgard platforms....

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Financial planning

Independent financial planning practices concerned about moving away from a commission-based fee structure should speak to clients individually to work out a case-by-case...

Financial planning

The ACCC has raised concerns about NAB's bid for AXA Asia Pacific, focusing on the platform market....

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