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Paul Heath
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
KODA CAPITAL PTY LTD
KODA CAPITAL PTY LTD
Koda Capital chief executive and founding partner Paul Heath grew up a stone's throw from the company's chair Steve Tucker in Perth. Their eventual collaboration gave rise to one of Australia's premier independent wealth management firms. Andrew McKean writes.
For a fund to be on a platform, it needs to have research to support it and adviser demand to warrant it being added. Who gave these funds research when the money was not being invested and how did the research provider not know this. Given these products were sold through a call center model and through only a few select and greedy advisers getting kickbacks, why did platforms add them?