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Funds management

The Altius Sustainable Bond Fund has been added to the netwealth platform following its inclusion on Emerald Wrap earlier this year....

Superannuation

Fund administration and registry technology provider GBST has signed a major UK diversified financial services provider to its software system expanding the group’s inter...

Top 100

Service providers are an essential part of the financial planning sector and, as Jason Spits writes, while advisers may recommended diversification in a portfolio they ap...

Financial planning

BGL Corporate Solutions partners with InvestmentLink to extend offering to platforms and wraps data....

Financial planning

New Investment Trends research reveals planners have never enjoyed greater levels of platform choice and are opting to look beyond the dominant BT Wrap, Colonial FirstCho...

Financial planning

Constant regulatory changes such as FOFA and grandfathering have halted projects to enhance platforms, a financial firm said....

Financial planning

Large platforms were not servicing small and mid-tier independent financial advisers with their MDAs, as it may be cheaper to cater to the big firms, a boutique firm said...

Funds management

The overall investment platform sector has grown more than 15 per cent buoyed by strong investment markets and inflows into the wrap and master trust sub-sectors....

Funds management

A team leader within a platform provider’s settlement department has been permanently banned from providing financial services after being convicted of a $1 million fraud...

Funds management

Mercer has moved to wealth management platform Sonata as part of an upgrade to its benefits administration sector. ...

Financial planning

Advisers licensed to independent AFSL, GPS Wealth, will have greater control over clients’ tax outcomes through the company’s new platform....

Funds management

Infocus has launched a completely automated separately managed account investment option for advisers and their clients, it announced on Thursday....

Funds management

IOOF has reported a record underlying net profit of $80.6 million with SFG contributing around a fifth of that figure...

Financial planning

Financial advisers will be given access to annuities through platforms, as demand for annuities increases. ...

Financial planning

The growth of managed accounts will stabilise as the ability to bring new functionality to the sector will shut out new entrants....

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