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Super fund awards real estate mandate

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019
... across a variety of mandates and strategies including public securities, private equity, and real estate debt investment platforms. Heitman senior managing director, client service and marketing, Lewis Ingall said the manager's goal is to broaden its ...

J.P. Morgan introduces digital currency for instos

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2019
... instant value transfer." Currently issued on the Quorum Blockchain, over time the coin will be extended to other major platforms and currencies. The bank said it is too early to assess the ultimate impact blockchain could have on its other businesses ...

ACSA creates managed fund taskforce

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2019
... According to ACSA, participants - from both the perspectives of fund manufacturers and investors - have identified wealth platforms, super funds and individuals as "key blockages." The focus of the taskforce is set to be determined in accordance with ...

Industry fund launches new integrated platform

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2019
... costs that came with this point-to-point integration. It first used Boomi to connect its insurance and member services platforms. "The speed and simplicity of the project resulted in unprecedented demand from stakeholders within the business who wanted ...

Platforms steady after Royal Commission

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2019
Platforms at the big four banks, AMP and IOOF can breathe a sigh of relief after the Royal Commission's final report. Commissioner Kenneth Hayne did not recommend either structural separation or wider approved product lists. And this could slow ...

Hayne stops short of dismantling vertical integration

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2019
... allows wealth managers to own and operate the entire wealth stack: funds management, financial advice, superannuation and platforms. Responding to the Commissioner's interim report late last year, Australia's big four banks, AMP and Macquarie ...

Outflows dent IOOF advice, funds businesses

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
... BT badges slowed to $66 million, IOOF said. The investment management business saw net outflows of $186 million. IOOF platforms recorded $403 million of net inflow, up from $308 million year on year. Acting chief executive Renato Mota said: "In addition ...

Morningstar distribution executive joins fund manager

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2019
... practices, he said. Milford is also in the process of having its Australian Absolute Return Growth Fund added to several platforms, including Netwealth, HUB24 and Praemium. The fund is modelled on Milford's Active Growth Fund and targets a return of ...

Robo-adviser launches high interest savings solution

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2019
... use options for savers that avoid onerous monthly conditions. Meanwhile most stock brokers, super funds and investment platforms take huge fees from the piles of cash entrusted to them and pay well below the RBA rate of 1.5%," he said. "Banks keep lowering ...

MLC drops wrap and super admin fees

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2019
... his biggest call since joining the group five months ago, slashing wrap administration fees to run one of the cheapest platforms in Australia. Additionally, Lloyd is lowering administration fees for the retail MLC MasterKey Super and Pension Fundamentals ...