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AMP cuts MyNorth fees

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2019
... more than 85,000 customers who currently use MyNorth. The reductions will include lower administration fees across the platforms two investment menus. Fees will drop by 0.10% for the Select menu and 0.20% for the Choice menu. There will be lower administration ...

Westpac exits personal advice, restructures leadership

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2019
... a high cost, loss-making business. Its insurance division will be moved into business and consumer; private wealth, platforms and investments and superannuation will move into an expanded business arm. The BTFG brand will be retained across super, platform ...

Brookfield acquires 62% of Oaktree Capital

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2019
... is second to none." "This transaction enables us to broaden our product offering to include one of the finest credit platforms in the world, which has a value-driven, contrarian investment style, consistent with ours." The transaction is expected to ...

Liquidation likely for Halifax

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2019
... Hodgson said it determined the co-mingling of client funds may affect the claims of all investors across Halifax's three platforms in both Australia and New Zealand. Separately, Ferrier Hodgson is set to become part of KPMG Australia, after the Sydney ...

Smaller platforms continue to excel

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2019
... continued to innovate and develop new functionality in the last year despite facing difficult regulatory conditions. "Many platforms have lifted their game to help financial advisers improve efficiencies in their practice," Choi said. "Many improvements ...

Digital engagement boosts investing demand

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2019
Investors are increasingly relying on social media platforms and a new generation of brokers to meet online investing demand, a new survey shows. Investment Trends' latest Online Broking Report found investors are turning to blogs and online forums ...

Saxo launches digital access to Chinese bonds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2019
... to help our clients build strong diversified investment portfolios," Xu said. "The addition of Chinese bonds to our platforms further cements our position as a gateway to China for international investors. As the importance of the Chinese economy to ...

Class makes managed accounts play

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2019
... collaboration with Class, will significantly accelerate growth to make Philo an even more attractive partner to advice groups, platforms, asset consultants and investment managers." Philo was established in 2012 and has contributed to the managed account ...

Colonial First State hires retail sales head

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2019
... lead the distribution of FirstChoice and FirstWrap." Colonial First State has two super/pension/managed investments platforms: FirstChoice ($90 billion) and FirstWrap ($30 billion in funds under advice). Quirk moves into the role after Laird Abernethy ...

Royal Commission boosts platform provider

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2019
... client engagement from advisers, agreeing with Netwealth's assertion that more money would flow away from institutional platforms toward "modern" investment platforms. The results have given HUB24 managing director Andrew Alcock reason to be optimistic ...