RETAIL FUNDS

Financial planning

Count Financial’s wrap account has almost trebled over the past year to $872 million....

Financial planning

AXA has rolled out its first range of retail funds launche through its partnership with Alliance Capital, four months after launching the same range into the wholesale ma...

Financial planning

Combined retail managed funds in Australia totaled more than a quarter of a trillion dollars ($257.3 billion) as of March 31, which was an increase of 12 per cent over th...

Financial planning

A major shakeup of the Commonwealth Bank group in New Zealand sees Sovereign taking over the marketing of Colonial First State Investment's (CFSI) retail funds, with the ...

Financial planning

Master trusts will continue their meteoric rise over the next five years, growing faster than any other investment vehicle....

Financial planning

Bridges’ corporate services team has walked out....

Financial planning

BT Funds Management may have fallen by the wayside in the Australia equity stakes last year, but the group has continued to bring in large chunks of retail funds. ...

Financial planning

Product providers rather than consumers are driving the push for choice of funds in superannuation, according to the Goodman Fielder Superannuation Fund Secretary Peter L...

Financial planning

Two major fund managers have lost their five-star Morningstar ratings and a swag of other fund managers have been re-rated from four stars to three....

Financial planning

Investment performance is low on an adviser’s list when it comes to selecting an investment institution, according to Assirt’s 1999 Market Trends survey....

Financial planning

Investment performance is low on an adviser's list when it comes to selecting an investment institution, according to Assirt's 1999 Market Trends survey....

Financial planning

Strong growth by self managed super funds and industry funds helped boost Australian superan-nuation assets by 16.6 per cent in 1999, according to the latest Australian P...

Financial planning

If there are no hitches to the marriage between the Commonwealth Bank and Colonial, the amalgamation will create a funds management powerhouse the likes of which Australi...

Funds management

Australian fund managers are weighted down with product, increasing manage-ment costs and making them vulnerable to overseas competitors entering the mar-ket, says one an...

Financial planning

There is a revolution happening in retail financial services. Five years ago, the market was bursting at the seams with bundles of new retail investment products for fin...

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Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

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Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

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ASIC has suspended the Australian Financial Services Licence of a Melbourne-based financial advice firm....

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The corporate regulator has issued infringement notices to three AFSLs whose financial advisers provided personal advice to a retail client while unregistered....

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ASIC has released the results of its first adviser exam to be held in 2025, with 241 candidates attempting the test....

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