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Funds management

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

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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...

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Financial planning

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

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Financial planning

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

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Funds management

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

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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....

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Financial planning

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

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People & Products

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

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Funds management

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

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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....

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Funds management

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

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Funds management

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

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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....

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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...

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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...

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