Platinum sticks with Macquarie
PlatinumAsset ManagementandMacquarie Wrap Solutionshave resolved a brief but public dispute after Platinum moved to withdraw its funds from the latter's platform investment menu.
The dispute came to light after Macquarie wrote to advisers using the platform telling them Platinum had moved to withdraw its funds after the introduction of a new fee system for fund managers.
Under the new fee structure, managers could pay a fund manager fee of $5,500 and a $3,300 administration recovery fee per fund to be listed on the platform.
Alternately, managers could access a rebate structure where amounts received over the administration recovery fee would be allocated back to investors.
Fund managers choosing the second option would be added to Macquarie’s low cost platform Accumulator investment menu and receive details of support of its funds at the adviser level. Those choosing the first would not gain access to the second platform and receive reports covering the support of its funds at the dealer level only.
However Platinum chief executive Kerr Neilson says the decision to withdraw its funds was not related to fees in any way.
Neilson says his group was concerned that under the new fee structure it would lose access to the underlying data of which advisers were supporting Platinum’s funds.
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