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People & Products

BT is increasing the help available for support teams in advice firms to drive efficiencies in the back-office system....

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Financial planning

The number of advisers using managed accounts has passed 1,000, according to BT, with funds under administration for the strategies reaching $10.7 billion....

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Superannuation

Clients are still going to need to meet the work test if they want to claim a deduction for a personal contribution despite the removal of the work test for voluntary con...

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Financial planning

Downsizer contributions, the superannuation guarantee and the COVID-related measures on minimum pension drawdowns are among the top enquiries by advisers this end of fina...

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Tools & guides

There are specific requirements that only apply to trustees of self-managed superannuation funds, writes Tim Howard, including the allocation in their investment strategy...

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Financial planning

Targeting new demographics and trends as well as centralising technology solutions is on the cards for platforms over the next few years, according to some of the largest...

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Financial planning

Platforms are seeing strong growth of products themed around ESG with assets in those funds outpacing those in non-ESG options, Money Management data has found....

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Financial planning

Funds under administration in managed accounts have grown by 57% in the March quarter at BT to $10.9 billion, driven by an increased number of advisers using BT Panoroma ...

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Policy & Regulation

Westpac-subsidiary BT Funds Management has been fined $20 million for incorrectly charging commission payments to certain superannuation fund members....

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Financial planning

In response to an uptick in adviser questions about the Federal Budget, BT’s technical team have provided explanations for five of their most common queries....

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Financial planning

Advisers should not rest on their laurels on the lack of changes in this year’s Budget as more could be announced between now and the May election....

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People & Products

BT has appointed Kathryn Cosentino from Insignia Financial as its head of product management for its platform business, effective from 4 May....

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Tools & guides

Superannuation can be used each year to utilise tax and retirement savings, writes Tim Howard, so how can couples put theirs to best use to see the joint benefits?...

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Superannuation

BT has cleared up recent changes to the work test, confirming that it will no longer be required for non-concessional, bring forward non-concessional and small business c...

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Financial planning

BT has seen strong growth in its managed account solutions, particularly in the sustainability space, as it sets the goal to be the leader in the platform market....

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Simon

Who get's the $10M? Where does the money go?? Might it end up in the CSLR to financially assist duped investors??? ...

4 days 9 hours ago
Squeaky'21

My view is that after 2026 there will be quite a bit less than 10,000 'advisers' (investment advisers) and less than 100...

1 week 4 days ago
Jason Warlond

Dugald makes a great point that not everyone's definition of green is the same and gives a good example. Funds have bee...

1 week 4 days ago

AustralianSuper and Australian Retirement Trust have posted the financial results for the 2022–23 financial year for their combined 5.3 million members....

9 months 2 weeks ago

A $34 billion fund has come out on top with a 13.3 per cent return in the last 12 months, beating out mega funds like Australian Retirement Trust and Aware Super. ...

9 months ago

The verdict in the class action case against AMP Financial Planning has been delivered in the Federal Court by Justice Moshinsky....

9 months 2 weeks ago