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Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has indicated it will open discussions with Treasury about whether some platforms should be regarded as pure administration tools...

Financial planning

Macquarie Wrap has finally broken through to take out the top position on the Wealth Insights Platform Service Level Report Rankings, with Colonial FirstWrap rated second...

Financial planning

As the needs of dealer groups and financial planners change in the wake of the evolving Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms, platform enhancements will play a signi...

Financial planning

Initial integration plans have been completed that will bring AMP and AXA's products and platforms together, according to AMP....

Financial planning

Platform providers will have an ideal opportunity to manage and run the opt-in requirement on behalf of financial planners, once the Government's Future of Financial Advi...

Financial planning

Platform providers have closed the gap in their service offerings through innovative approaches to model portfolios and client portfolio management tools, according to th...

Financial planning

The major investment platform providers have embarked on aggressive advertising campaigns this year in a bid to differentiate themselves from one another, but whether the...

Policy & Regulation

Shadforth Financial Group chief executive Tony Fenning believes the implementation of the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms is likely to entail a lot of work with...

People & Products

Russell Investments has announced the appointment of a head of its Advice Centre, which the company said signalled its commitment to the delivery of limited advice....

Financial planning

Wraps, platforms and master trusts together experienced net inflows of $14.5 billion in the 2010 calendar year to $427.7 billion....

Financial planning

Praemium has entered an agreement with Tasmanian financial group MyState Financial and platform provider Powerwrap to launch a MyState badged version of the Powerwrap pla...

Financial planning

IOOF turns in strong result and positions for growth....

Financial planning

Consolidation is the big news in the financial planning platform industry. Janine Mace looks into how this is affecting the sector....

Financial planning

As the financial planning platform industry enters a new year that will see big changes, Janine Mace discovers it may not all be plain sailing....

Financial planning

As the financial services industry prepares for a major legislative change, experts claim that platforms remain at the heart of the financial advice industry. ...

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