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Financial planning

Colonial First State has reassumed its position at the top of the Wealth Insights platform rankings. ...

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Financial planning

Industry executives are questioning the wisdom behind suggestions that financial planners should move their clients away from investment platforms....

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Funds management

Perpetual has completed the revamp of its portfolio wrap service, which forms part of the company’s Transformation 2015 program as it seeks to reduce costs. ...

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Funds management

The retail funds management sector grew by 14.7 per cent to $471.7 billion in 2012, according to Plan for Life....

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Financial planning

Lingering legislative uncertainty around FOFA has led investment platforms to reduce spending by $30 million in 2012, according to a new report by Investment Trends....

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Editorial

Several years ago, Andrew Jones from Eureka Financial Group moved some clients off-platform. He now shares his experience and the reasons why his practice decided to retu...

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Life/Risk

Life insurer AIA Australia has launched its Priority Protection for Platform Investors product on Asgard's Personal Choice Private platform....

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Financial planning

Whilst huge winds of change batter the investment and regulatory environment, a fundamental shift in the way consumers interact with technology is altering the nature of ...

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People & Products

Kathy Vincent has joined MLC as head of product, retail platforms....

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Funds management

The platform market suffered yet another fall over the last year, with net fund flows reaching their lowest levels in 10 years....

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Financial planning

UMA platforms can help financial advisers dramatically improve their value propositions, according to the managing partner of a boutique private wealth management firm....

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Financial planning

Platforms were developed to benefit financial advisers rather than their clients, and it is time the industry started questioning their utility, says Pinnacle Practice di...

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Financial planning

FOFA has radically altered the dynamics of financial planning platforms, generating new approaches across the industry and between platform providers....

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Financial planning

BetaShares has claimed greater penetration into the advice space for its exchange-traded fund products....

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Financial planning

Amid uncertainty from financial advisers towards exchange-traded funds (ETFs), BetaShares has expanded its distribution coverage across 19 dealer groups and nine platform...

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