Portfolio Partners is aiming to combat the fierce competition faced by fund managers when seeking exposure to platforms and dealer group recommended lists by creating a n...

Tyndall Investment Management has appointed Penny Chin to the newly created position of credit and portfolio risk analyst within its fixed interest team....

Just a few years ago, individually managed accounts (IMAs) were heading for the top of the charts with a bullet. Things didn’t work out exactly as planned, writes John Wi...

SMA International, a soon-to-launch individually managed account (IMA) firm, is aiming to give the IMA market a much needed shot in the arm by offering wrap platforms and...

The platform industry is underperforming in key areas of service delivery to financial advisers, including accuracy of reporting and processing, according to a damning ne...

The St George Bank owned Asgard group has revamped its eWrap platform in a bid to boost its appeal to financial planners at a time when advisers are increasingly likely t...

ING has reduced its fees and added more investment options to its retail master trust, OneAnswer, in a move suggesting heightened competition in the platform space is for...

Pengana Capital and Barclays Global Investors are both stepping up their dealer group and platform focus with the appointment of a national distribution manager and a na...

Rob Keavney argues systematic rebalancing adds returns, reduces volatility and ensures planners don’t leave clients with maximum exposure at market crests – so why isn’t ...

Credit Suisse Asset Management has finally launched its new platform, MasterWrap, almost a year after signalling its intent to push into what has become an increasingly c...

Aon Australia has moved to streamline its platform approach, announcing BT Financial Group’s Wrap service and Asgard's eWRAP and adviserNET products as the new core platf...

Craig Phillips talks to Colonial First State general manager distribution Richard Nunn about the changes to distribution strategy at CFS over the past year....

The desktop of the financial planner has become a crowded place as portfolio modelling, client management and planning and compliance tools each stake their claim for a p...

The most difficult element of advancing technology is getting people to adopt it. Greg Germon looks for the common thread to achieving user acceptance....