Investment  EYLEM KAMERAKKAS | TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2019 Currently Australians invest $62.1 billion through managed accounts - with uptake among financial advisers having doubled over the past five years. As advisers become more comfortable with these products, and as platform providers and product issuers ... Read more  GLEN HOLDER | FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020 The business efficiency benefits of multi-asset managed accounts for advice businesses are widely known. Read more  JOHN DYALL | WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2020 Investments held within managed accounts can include direct domestic and increasingly international equities, directly held fixed interest securities, listed investment companies (LICs), model port- folios, managed funds including exchange-traded products ... Read more Technology MARTIN MORRIS | MONDAY, 17 FEB 2020 Financial planning principles are continuously faced with legislative changes and there is very little air-time between articles referencing the royal commission, FASEA and other regulatory changes. Read more  BRETT MENNIE | FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2020 The rapid change in investment markets and economic conditions since March 2020 has tested the ability of financial advice business models to manage and support client outcomes effectively and in a timely manner during times of extreme market volati ... Read more |
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TIM TOWNSEND
PARTNER & PRIVATE WEALTH ADVISER
TOWNSEND COBAIN PTY LTD
PARTNER & PRIVATE WEALTH ADVISER
TOWNSEND COBAIN PTY LTD
Tim Townsend is a people person at heart, and using managed accounts he has more time to do what he loves most - engaging with clients. But that doesn't mean just any solution will do. Eliza Bavin writes.
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