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Financial planning

Digital platforms lacked sophistication to provide future projections of investment mixes and enable consumers to understand investment models....

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Funds management

Global funds transaction network Calastone has implemented the Asgard platform to strengthen its collaboration with Westpac’s BT Financial Group....

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Financial planning

After decades of dominance, Australia’s major platform providers can expect competition from low-cost rivals in the years ahead, an expert believes....

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Financial planning

To expand services offerings for digital and mobile engagement, Pillar has moved to use Financial Synergy’s Acurity platform....

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People & Products

TAL recruits Macquarie Bank platforms head, Justin Delaney to new role as chief operating officer....

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Funds management

OneVue has posted record growth in revenue and funds under administration while reducing its loss by more than a factor of 20....

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Financial planning

Industry Super Australia has told the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority that retail super funds are disguising investment costs via the use of platforms....

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Funds management

Challenger’s annuities have been made available on CFS’ FirstWrap and FirstChoice platforms. ...

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Funds management

Platform availability will drive annuity use among advisers, according to market research....

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Funds management

The Altius Sustainable Bond Fund has been added to the netwealth platform following its inclusion on Emerald Wrap earlier this year....

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Superannuation

Fund administration and registry technology provider GBST has signed a major UK diversified financial services provider to its software system expanding the group’s inter...

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Top 100

Service providers are an essential part of the financial planning sector and, as Jason Spits writes, while advisers may recommended diversification in a portfolio they ap...

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Financial planning

BGL Corporate Solutions partners with InvestmentLink to extend offering to platforms and wraps data....

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Financial planning

New Investment Trends research reveals planners have never enjoyed greater levels of platform choice and are opting to look beyond the dominant BT Wrap, Colonial FirstCho...

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Financial planning

Constant regulatory changes such as FOFA and grandfathering have halted projects to enhance platforms, a financial firm said....

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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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