The financial benefits of a specialised client base

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Adviser Ratings has explored whether there is a financial benefit to advice firms seeking to have a specialised client base in terms of client assets and fees charged.

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Platinum CEO shares first turnaround progress update

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Platinum Asset Management chief executive, Jeff Peters, has shared a progress update on its newly announced turnaround strategy.

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Culture or salary: What do financial services professionals value most?

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Research by two recruiters has revealed whether salary or team culture is more important to financial services professionals when considering a new position.

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WTW launches first fund for advisers

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Financial advisers will have access to private equity investments run by WTW for the first time as it launches a pooled fund to provide savers with access to traditionally institutional assets.

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Two AZ NGA firms merge in ‘super firm’ strategy

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Two financial advice businesses are to merge in a bid to create a multidisciplinary professional services firm as part of AZ NGA’s “super firm” strategy.

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Three fund managers expand their ETF suites

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Three solutions providers – Betashares, Franklin Templeton and Russell Investments – have all launched new ETF products, including one range which uses gearing to help build wealth.

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Why don’t licensees fall under FSCP’s spotlight?

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While the Financial Services and Credit Panel can take action on individual advisers’ misconduct, a compliance professional unpacks why the panel does not always subject licensees to further action.

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The need for high barriers to entry in fund management

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High entry requirements are vital to ensure fund management remains competitive, according to Blackwattle’s managing director Michael Skinner, as the firm approaches its first anniversary.

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Forager outlines fund delisting rationale

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Forager Funds Management has shared its rationale behind delisting its Australian Shares Fund from the ASX in favour of structuring it as an open-ended unit trust.

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Former Vanguard Super head lands asset manager CEO role

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Michael Lovett, who left the investment giant just three months after launching its Vanguard Super offering, has taken up a CEO role at an Australian asset manager.

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