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Funds management

The Wingate Global Equity Fund — Wholesale Units has been added to the Macquarie Wrap platform, to provide investors with exposure to the growth of global markets....

Financial planning

New research from Investment Trends reveals planners are more willing than ever to switch both platforms and planning software in the pursuit of better outcomes....

Financial planning

A partnership between IRESS and netwealth will provide advisers with “straight-through processing” and decreasing back office inefficiencies through XPLAN software integr...

Funds management

Lonsec Investment Solutions adds its managed portfolio solutions to Macquarie Wrap and HUB24, following the addition to BT Panorama earlier. ...

Features

Wrap platforms are increasingly evolving to meet the needs of investors looking offshore for growth, with the addition of managed funds, ETFs and SMAs, Cameron Garrett wr...

Financial planning

Independent advice groups are stepping away from platforms, opting for managed discretionary accounts instead, MGP reports....

Financial planning

Digital platforms lacked sophistication to provide future projections of investment mixes and enable consumers to understand investment models....

Funds management

Global funds transaction network Calastone has implemented the Asgard platform to strengthen its collaboration with Westpac’s BT Financial Group....

Financial planning

After decades of dominance, Australia’s major platform providers can expect competition from low-cost rivals in the years ahead, an expert believes....

Financial planning

To expand services offerings for digital and mobile engagement, Pillar has moved to use Financial Synergy’s Acurity platform....

People & Products

TAL recruits Macquarie Bank platforms head, Justin Delaney to new role as chief operating officer....

Funds management

OneVue has posted record growth in revenue and funds under administration while reducing its loss by more than a factor of 20....

Financial planning

Industry Super Australia has told the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority that retail super funds are disguising investment costs via the use of platforms....

Funds management

Challenger’s annuities have been made available on CFS’ FirstWrap and FirstChoice platforms. ...

Funds management

Platform availability will drive annuity use among advisers, according to market research....

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