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Financial planning

The consolidation of the financial services industry is being reflected in the platform market. Mike Taylor reports...

Editorial

If one thing has been made clear in our examination of platforms and wraps in Money Management, it is that financial planning operates within a highly commercial and, th...

Superannuation

Platforms have emerged as the major beneficiaries of the growth in self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs), according to data collected by specialist superannuation cle...

Financial planning

Dealer groups are preparing for changes in the financial services industry by looking to platform and fund ownership as a way to take planner and licensee remuneration in...

Editorial

Westpac chief executive Gail Kelly describes result as sound in a challenging year....

Financial planning

The picture of a positive third quarter continues to evolve, with IOOF Holdings revealing funds under management, administration, advice and supervision (FUMAS) has incre...

Editorial

Many financial planners now use model portfolios to assist in the complex task of managing their clients’ wealth. But is a model portfolio the best option, and what are t...

Superannuation

Financial planners have been witness to a rush of new retirement income products hitting the market but, as Liam Egan explains, the fall-out from the global financial cri...

Financial planning

Common standards for straight-through data processing will bring more efficiency for planners....

Financial planning

Challenger Financial reports strong September quarter on the back of increasing preference for annuities....

Financial planning

Perennial appoints former researchers and BDMs to work with planners and research houses to develop investment portfolios....

Financial planning

In the wake of the global financial crisis the financial software industry remains in a state of upheaval, with innovation relentless, competition fierce and smaller prac...

Financial planning

Count believes its accountancy background will represent an advantage in any new remuneration environment....

Financial planning

A key advantage offered by Deutsche Bank is a unique integration between the futures and options business and the managed account platform....

Financial planning

Challenger has initiated discussions with "several leading platform providers" regarding the establishment of a platform-based unitised annuity investment option....

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