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BT Financial boosts Westpac result

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2013
... announcement on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) the bank said the wealth arm had benefited from strong flows onto platforms, growth in superannuation, stronger financial planning revenue and a further rise in insurance premiums. BT Financial ...

ASIC MDA review requires further clarity: IMAP

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2013
... growth. Among a list of issues, ASIC proposed to remove the No Action letter relating to discretionary management on platforms and also to remove reporting duplication where portfolios are managed through platforms. It also established changes in the ...

UK to tax platform rebates as income

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2013
... to save and also because the implementation period is only two weeks. The ruling is expected to apply to investment platforms that provide fee discounts to investors through refunds and rebates they pass back to investors via regular payments or by granting ...

Facebook users moving on

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2013
Just as wealth management and superannuation marketers have begun adapting to social media platforms such as Facebook, signs are emerging that the consumer market may already be moving on. The Socialmedia Today forum in the US has just published an ...

Commonwealth Financial Planning restructures adviser remuneration

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2013
... remuneration packages. As part of the changes it has removed trail commissions for advisers on managed investments and platforms. Insurance renewal revenue will be shared at a flat rate of 10%. Commonwealth Financial Planning general manager, Harry Mitchell ...

CFS fund celebrates 5-year anniversary with aplomb

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2013
... investors as it continues to see increasing demand from retail and institutional investors. It is available via major platforms including FirstChoice and FirstWrap.

ETFs boom on SMA model portfolios

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2013
... choice, flexibility and portfolio diversification for investors," he added. Marsh said despite media reports that some platforms had not been embracing ETFs, OneVue had no conflicts of interest in the manufacturing of managed funds and was free to make ...

Platforms press on in advice battleground

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2013
The role of platforms in driving planning practice costs down will only get bigger after research shows that despite the growth of self-directed and off-platform investing, the lion's share of assets under advice will remain on-platform. Scott Durbin ...

Bloomberg to make disclosure announcements via Twitter

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013
... and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced. The ruling applies to social media and other emerging digital communications platforms in the same way it applies to company websites. Bloomberg will become the first financial information platform to integrate ...

Halifax to fix deficiencies after ASIC review

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013
... handling. Halifax has offices across Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and Western Australia and is a provider of online platforms, offering clients the ability to trade derivatives, stock, FX and options.