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CleverSuper launches SMSF platform

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2013
Platform provider CleverSuper is attempting to bring advisers and self-managed superannuation funds (SMSF) closer together with the launch of a new administration platform. The service is available for a monthly fee and it provides advisers and trustees ...

Banks shift gears on technology spend

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2013
After years of technology investment focused on developing infrastructure, banks and fund managers are pinning their hopes on better customer-centric IT solutions to gain market share. "Technology is going to be paramount for this industry," Colonial ...

AFS goes into liquidation

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
... Limited, Australian Financial Services Limited, MDA Private and Strategy Portfolio Limited. BDO has also made an urgent application to the Court to get directions regarding the nature of the funds and how they are to be dealt with to ensure consistency ...

Wellington Capital to take PIF case to High Court

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
... Asset Resolution Limited (ARL) was invalid. The rule overturns an early decision of the same court, which dismissed an application by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). ASIC started legal proceedings in September 2012, after ...

Advisers could benefit from independent software

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2013
... Roberts Group will become available to independent advisers, in a move designed to pluralise the platform market. The application, dubbed 'PLUTO', allows users to operate individually managed portfolios (IMPs). It is also designed to allow users running ...

Direct insurance races for advised market share

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2013
Direct insurance is already having an impact on the advisory market share, with direct companies offering similar products at a lower cost. Direct risk companies currently hold 24.2% of the market share, right behind non-aligned dealers, which hold ...

Five new funds added to FirstChoice platform

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2013
Colonial First State (CFS) has added five new investment options to its FirstChoice investment platform. The new funds, available from 11 June, include: PIMCO Global Bond, Acadian Global Managed Volatility Equity, Colonial First State Global Resources ...

Arena to list childcare fund on the ASX

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2013
Arena Investment Management (Arena) is intending to raise $75 million of new equity in its childcare fund and is planning to list it on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). The fund, which has been renamed Arena REIT, was established in 2003 as ...

Macquarie launches fund for significant investor visa migrants

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013
Macquarie Specialist Investments (MSI) has launched the Macquarie SIV Cash Fund, a new investment solution aimed at investors applying for the Significant Investor Visa (SIV). The Significant Investor Visa is a permanent residency visa launched at the ...

CommInsure improves coverage for RBF members

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2013
... said. "This option allows members to easily alter the level of coverage held within their super account using a simple application and without underwriting when they have a significant life event such as getting married or having a child." If members ...