Is Xplan a ‘necessary evil’ for financial advisers?

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| By Jasmine Siljic |

Several advisers have expressed their frustrations with Iress’ Xplan software but feel smaller alternatives don’t have all the vital features yet, as the firm highlights its transformation strategy to improve.

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Jasmine Siljic

Jasmine Siljic is a journalist at Money Management. Prior to joining MM, she also worked across other Momentum Media brands as an intern and cadet journalist. She recently completed a Bachelor of Media and Communications at Macquarie University.

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Has leadership appointment boosted Magellan’s rating?

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| By Laura Dew |

Funds management

Describing the appointment of Sophia Rahmani as Magellan’s new managing director last week as an “encouraging step”, Morningstar has detailed whether it is enough to increase its ranking of the asset manager.

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Laura Dew

Laura Dew is editor at Money Management. Prior to joining MM, she spent five years working at Investment Week in the UK, covering asset and wealth management.

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GQG CEO on difficulties of asset manager M&A activity

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| By Laura Dew |

Funds management

GQG Partners chief executive, Tim Carver, believes it is “very, very hard” to pursue M&A in the asset management space after a failed bid for Pacific Current Group last year.

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Laura Dew

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Platforms look to fill role of education provider

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| By Laura Dew |

Financial planning

Platforms are pivoting to take on the role formerly held by large licensees in providing adviser education, according to platform specialist Recep Peker, as well as improving their digital offerings.

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Laura Dew

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Relative Return: Gauging the economic influence of Swift's Aussie tour

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| By Staff |

Editorial

Swiftonomics are occupying the minds of Australian economists as the artist begins the Australian leg of her tour.

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Over 20 adviser losses reported at single licensee

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| By Jasmine Siljic |

Financial planning

A licensee saw a drop of more than 20 advisers this week, according to Wealth Data, while there were six new entrants.

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Count-Diverger merger reaches ‘huge milestone’

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| By Laura Dew |

Financial planning

The proposed merger between Count and Diverger has received court approval to proceed on 1 March, with Count chief executive Hugh Humphrey welcoming reaching the “huge milestone”.

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Laura Dew

Laura Dew is editor at Money Management. Prior to joining MM, she spent five years working at Investment Week in the UK, covering asset and wealth management.

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DASH approaches 50% FUA growth in ‘strongest year yet’

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| By Jasmine Siljic |

Financial planning

DASH has reported investment platform FUA growth of 46.9 per cent for 2023, largely driven by advisers adopting the software.

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ASIC confirms fees for no service still problematic issue

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| By Laura Dew |

Financial planning

Despite an “eye-watering” $4.7 billion paid in remediation, ASIC believes fees for no service is still an active issue and has made multiple investigations of alleged incidents.

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Laura Dew

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HUB24 v Netwealth: Which platform has won first place?

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| By Jasmine Siljic |

People & Products

In its latest annual platform report, Investment Trends reveals which investment platform has taken the top spot for functionality, as HUB24 and Netwealth vie for first place.

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