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Financial planning

Credit Suisse Asset Management has finally launched its new platform, MasterWrap, almost a year after signalling its intent to push into what has become an increasingly c...

Financial planning

Aon Australia has moved to streamline its platform approach, announcing BT Financial Group’s Wrap service and Asgard's eWRAP and adviserNET products as the new core platf...

Financial planning

Craig Phillips talks to Colonial First State general manager distribution Richard Nunn about the changes to distribution strategy at CFS over the past year....

Financial planning

The desktop of the financial planner has become a crowded place as portfolio modelling, client management and planning and compliance tools each stake their claim for a p...

Financial planning

The most difficult element of advancing technology is getting people to adopt it. Greg Germon looks for the common thread to achieving user acceptance....

Financial planning

John Wilkinson talks to HSBC chief executive Barry Sheehan and chief investment officer Jon Taylor about the challenges of turning around the fortunes of the fund manager...

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Standard & Poor’s has a long history in the financial industry and as Rebecca Evans reports, it is planning for a great future....

Financial planning

Aurora is heading into new territory with its focus on the risk and superannuation advice market. Rebecca Evans reports....

Financial planning

Principal Global Investors (PGI) Australia has re-entered the Australian fixed income market following the expiry of a non-compete contract clause in its US-parent’s sale...

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The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has attributed its 28 per cent rise in net profit for the financial year just ended to resurgent equity markets, improved general and l...

Financial planning

Advice group Benwest Investment Services has teamed up with Lifestyle Financial to create the Boutique Group, a new co-operative offering back office services to small in...

Financial planning

Asgard will offer a 28 per cent reduction in risk premium rates for larger employer groups while raising premiums for some personal insurance products by up to 40 per cen...

Financial planning

Trust Company of Australia is narrowing its strategic focus after announcing the sale of its equity custody arm to ANZ and plans to offload its Permanent Business Adviser...

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Freya Purnell takes a look at the platform products most favoured by dealer groups in 2004....

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...

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