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Financial planning

Adviser-facing support services should be a focus area for platform improvement, according to Investment Trends. ...

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Expert Analysis

Platform providers need to consider how they can best work together with advice practices to help them run smarter businesses, Edwina Maloney writes....

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Financial planning

The further consolidation of institutionally-held platforms combined with the emergence of new models will dominate the platform providers market in 2021, according to Ad...

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Expert Analysis

As more focus is given to intergenerational wealth transfer as clients get older, writes Shannon Bernasconi, advisers must ensure they can meet the needs of the younger g...

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Financial planning

AMP has attacked what it is describing as lack of transparency in platform pricing to licensees and advisers at the same time as cutting fees on its own platforms....

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Funds management

Over 38,000 BT Wrap customer accounts have been transferred to BT Panorama, with another $42 billion expected to be added by the middle of the year....

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Financial planning

Independent financial advisers who are unencumbered by vertically integrated institutional models will be able to save costs with greater access to a broader platform and...

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Financial planning

Some platforms have been contacting clients about potential advice fee changes without the knowledge of their adviser, according to WealthO2....

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Funds management

Exposure to the three leading wealth platform stocks has helped the Pengana Emerging Companies fund so far this year as smaller players outpace traditional bank-owned pla...

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Financial planning

The big banks once dominated the platform space but they have been supplanted by HUB24, Netwealth, and Praemium....

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Financial planning

Financial advisers have expressed consternation that Asgard has signaled that it will be turning off one-off adviser fees on MySuper accounts. ...

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Funds management

Xplore Wealth shareholders have benefitted from the firm’s acquisition by HUB24 after shares rose 216%....

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Superannuation

BT has detailed its Panorama superannuation pricing to a key parliamentary committee. ...

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Financial planning

As platform migrations and consolidation occur, new data is pointing to a still small but growing number of advisers choosing to use industry funds. ...

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Funds management

Praemium has reported a 42% increase in pre-tax profit from $5.4 million a year ago to $7.7 million in the FY2020 but a client transition meant funds under administration...

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