AM Corporation has brought in a consulting firm to help it decide on its next strategic direction which could include putting itself on the market for a suitable buyer....
Fifteen years is a long time to be doing the same thing but in August this year Money Management entered into its 15th year of providing consistent and regular coverage o...
My first assignment as a journo on Money Management in 1997 was to cover the launch of BT’s wrap platform. At the time, the industry hadn’t heard of wrap. Which was just ...
SOME of Australia’s leading master trust and wrap researchers have given their qualified endorsement to Westpac’s acquisition of the BT Wrap as part of its buyout of the ...
Absolute Capital will list three retail hedge funds it launched in July on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX), to be available to master trusts, wraps and retail investo...
Deakin Financial Services Group today announced a profit for the financial year ended 30 June 2002 of $31, 078....
IN A MOVE that reflects recent restructuring at Tower Limited, Tower Australia has announced it will use Powerlan and IBM technology to build an administrative system tha...
Master trusts and wraps continue to snatch significant sums of money in the funds management game, drawing $5.9 billion in net inflows in the June 2002 quarter. But fortu...
Indy Singh has built a business based on vision and a fax. BARBARA MESSER spoke with him about his vision and the contents of the fax....
While choice of funds makes its way back onto the agenda, TOM COLLINS says the issue of self interest must be tackled or the industry faces the possibility of further gov...
One of the pioneers of the master trust industry in Australia, Kevin Wyld, is planning the launch of a new wrap account service through the Beacon Investment Management S...
Financial planning executive Ross Johnston has left dealer group Bridges to embark on a new venture as an independent consultant....
Back-office suppliers are gearing up for some busy times ahead as planners seek new ways to cut costs. JOHN WILKINSON looks at how back-office services are re-engineering...
TECHNOLOGY firm Avanteos has enhanced its back-office wealth management software suite with a feature that helps financial planners generate personalised investment strat...
The take-up of individually managed accounts (IMAs) in Australia will not be as great as the US experience, says HSBC Asset Management head of retail Rick Villars, who sa...
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...