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Managed accounts provider ramps up tech strategy

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2018
An ASX-listed platform provider is overhauling the technology behind its managed accounts offering. The clients and advisers using Managed Accounts Holdings' (MGP) managed discretionary account solution will be the first to benefit from the technology ...

AMP defends charging dead clients

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2018
... findings that the wealth manager may have engaged in misconduct by authorising the deduction of premiums from members' accounts where those premiums were calculated on an inappropriate basis. The wealth manager said it did not assume members who were ...

Labor Government on the cards: Spot poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2018
... effectively," she said. In an effort to narrow the retirement savings gap, Labor pledged to top up the superannuation accounts of women on parental leave among several other measures. Labor leader recently Bill Shorten formulated a plan to add $400 million ...

Millennial money changes course after RC

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2018
... less as the confidence in politics shrinks. One in five millennials don't want to consolidate multiple superannuation accounts, feeling it's better to spread the risk across a few funds. Nearly a third admitted to being ill informed on such matters. ...

BTFG to boost managed account capability

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2018
... bespoke SMA solutions. Citing Investment Trends, BTFG said there are no signs that the growing popularity of managed accounts will abate. About 70% of the financial advisers currently using managed accounts believe their use will increase over the next ...

Chief economist update: Keep one eye open on the housing market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2018
... counting) - as well as making only minor tweaks to its policy statement. With the results of the second quarter National Accounts on hand, the RBA had to underscore the latest result showing that the economy grew by 3.4% in the year to the June quarter ...

Insurance shake-up puts clients first

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2018
... misconduct that fell below community standards. AMP may face criminal charges for deducting premiums from deceased members' accounts. CommInsure may have breached statutory obligations for advertising heart attack cover that was misleading and deceptive. ...

BlackRock outlines ETF plans for Australia

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
... Obrist spoke to Financial Standard about the opportunities that BlackRock sees in advisers, institutionals and managed accounts. "We are not going to go down that track [of actively managed ETFs] at the moment because of the single market-maker model ...

Part-time work widens super gender gap

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2018
... the Labor Party recently announced it will work to narrow the retirement savings gap by topping up the superannuation accounts of women on parental leave among several other measures. Labor leader Bill Shorten has announced a plan to add $400 million ...

MGP board director resigns

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2018
The co-founder of Linear has resigned from the board of Managed Accounts Holdings. MGP has announced the resignation of Colin Peterson, effective today. He will continue to work closely with the board in a consultative capacity for a 12-month period. ...