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Praemium platform passes $3bn milestone

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2015
... group's cash balance was $10.4 million as at 31 December 2014. "Looking forward, we expect to see a continued increase in the uptake of managed account solutions by wealth managers as they strive to drive business efficiencies and provide superior investment ...

FEATURE: 2014 year in review

MARK SMITH, LAURA MILLAN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
... Meanwhile, Mercer and Equip have developed innovative solutions to longevity risk and Challenger has seen a considerable uptake in its lifetime annuities. The only setback was MetLife's sudden retreat from the retirement income space. Self-managed super ...

Integrate next-gen insurance policies into NDIS

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... insurance products, she said, while Batten added that the right mix of carrot and stick incentives could promote rapid uptake in new generation insurance policies. Read all Financial Standard coverage of the FSC Annual ConferenceA here

New Investors Mutual LIC gets rating and platform approval

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2014
... Tagliaferro said: "QVE provides investors with a prudent vehicle to diversify their portfolios, and there has been strong uptake since the offer period opened. It is a well-known fact investors are over concentrated in top 20 blue chip stocks. They are ...

FoFA changes designed to protect big players: opposition

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2014
... that there is a need "to transition the financial services industry towards increased consumer confidence and improved uptake of financial services and towards the provision of personal advice over general advice." The ISA referred to "strenuous concerns ...

AXA IM includes ESG in smart beta offering

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2014
... super funds.A She put it on a par with the Nordic countries. However, she added that her native US was "very slow on the uptake."

ASIC drops planned MDA changes

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2014
... Responsible Entities for Managed Investment Schemes. "As is so often the case, market forces are overtaking regulation and the uptake of managed account services offered through various legal structures is accelerating," he said.

LGS to white label MetLife's latest offering

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2014
... to ensure that you can have a portfolio that can be reasonably robust." He said LGS has not done modelling to estimate uptake of the product. While members who opt for the product will effectively withdraw their money from LGS Super, Lambert said the ...

Towers Watson sees spike in smart beta uptake

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2014
Asset consultant Towers Watson saw client global uptake of smart beta investment strategies more than double in 2013 to $11 billion in new investments. This compares with around $5 billion new investments the previous year. Overall, Towers Watson's ...

BTFG joins Calastone funds network

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2014
... end lifecycle of managed funds processing," she said. "Ultimately though, the biggest success will come from increased uptake (of automation) across the managed funds industry as more players in the value chain pursue automation." Fidelity, Goldman Sachs ...