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Linear pushes MGP into the red

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2018
... new products and services. It's also rolling out wrap and super solutions to meet a growing demand for independent platforms shifting to non-bank aligned business models. Sharp said in addition to building the stockbroking and financial advisory ...

Robo-advice not dead: GlobalData

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2018
... a universal bank appealing to a mass market." Woldemichael added the average account balances of the biggest UK robo platforms suggested robo-advice was "a mass market game," with excessive fees the reason investors didn't flock to UBS' robo offering. ...

Boutique grows to meet managed accounts demand

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2018
... development manager to meet growth in its managed accounts offering, as more advisory groups move to access managed account platforms. Jessop brings 10 years of distribution experience to the boutique, having previously worked in distribution roles at ...

Centrepoint: New leadership, new look

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2018
... industry as it moves to a more transparent environment," Benbow said. In doing so, Centrepoint will look to complement platforms and fund managers rather than compete with them and will shift focus from being "all things to all advisers" to setting the ...

Frequent traders re-evaluate broking landscape

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2018
... business case to capture the most frequent traders - a group which has spiked in its considerations about switching broking platforms. Research firm Investment Trends said 9% of traders which transact more than four times a month or on a frequent basis ...

Mainstream enters SMA market

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2018
... and will extend the range of services we can offer our clients alongside our existing European UCITs and Cayman fund platforms," he said. Mainstream Group Holdings has assets under administration of more than $138 billion, as at June 30. This story was ...

Challenger increases annuity distribution

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2018
... focus on the retirement phase of superannuation," he said. He added that Challenger products will be present on the platforms used by two-thirds of Australia's financial advisers within weeks. "In addition, we are one of Australia's fastest growing active ...

Praemium revenues inching towards $50m mark

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2018
... platform business swelled by 45% to $5.6 billion. International inflows were up 13% to $0.8 billion while international platforms and Smartfunds grew 20% to $2.7 billion. The company said it has potential to scale up the UK self-invested personal pension ...

IOOF executives dismiss conflicts of interest

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2018
... "will not be automatically moved across to the new pricing." It's common across the industry, it continued, for platforms to have clients at different price points. To face this conflict, the board ultimately agreed that all new choice members will ...

Philanthropists should reimagine data management: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2018
... on Philanthropy and Civil Society, which shows mismanagement of data is a major concern for the sector. Social media platforms, the survey said, are key tool for attracting donors. About 43% of not-for-profits (NFPs) have a social media strategy and ...