platforms

Funds management

Macquarie expands infrastructure and property offerings

Macquarie Funds Management has launched two new global funds covering infrastructure and property that investors will be able to access through wraps and master trusts....

Funds management

Boutique puts direct property on platforms

Boutique property fund manager APN Funds Management is bidding to give advisers access to direct property through platforms with the launch of a new fund....

Editorial

Technology drives change

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Financial planning

Taking back control

Australian fund managers spend a lot of time and money wooing financial advisers with junkets, increasingly complex products and, of course, much-debated trail commission...

Funds management

(20-Jan-2005): St Helen’s erupts onto boutique scene

By any measure, it has been a successful 2004 for boutique fund manager St Helens Capital....

Funds management

(20-Jan-2005) Souls doses out the good investment medicine

What does a company better known for operating suburban Chemist shops know about funds management? Everything, if the predictions of researchers is anything to go by....

Funds management

(20-Jan-2005): The rise and rise of the boutiques

In the dark days of 2001-2002, when investment markets were in the doldrums, a dismal performance by the big institutional funds left a lot of planners and investors look...

Financial planning

(2 December, 2004) More than just a convention (there’s plenty of beer too)

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Financial planning

Top 10 most influential, 2004: John Pearce – first choice in platforms

Platform providers have again been left to play second fiddle to Colonial’s FirstChoice...

Financial planning

Count on track to meet growth targets

Strong first quarter results have Count Financial on track to achieving growth targets, with the company reporting an 11 per cent increase in funds under administration i...

Financial planning

IOOF revamps dealer

IOOF has revamped the structure of its financial planning group Winchcombe Carson in an effort to be more competitive in the advisory market....

Life/Risk

ING overhauls risk insurance

ING has repackaged its entire life insurance range into a single product, introduced two new types of cover and will allow client to access family discounts, as part of a...

Financial planning

Platform verdict – advisers want value, not fees

Functionality and service have overtaken fees as advisers’ key concerns when using wraps and master trusts according to a study conducted by research house Brandmanagemen...

Financial planning

Endangered or enduring: The future for platforms

Platforms have proliferated and grown to colossal sizes, evolving over time to occupy a space in the financial services landscape in which they have few competitors....

Financial planning

Advisers reject fee-for-service

Despite heavy criticism of advisers over conflicts of interest, the vast majority do not believe the financial planning industry should abandon commission-based remunerat...