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Advisers compare insurance on smartphones

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2011
... last few weeks two computer programmers have been hard at work expanding the technology's capability to all smartphone platforms. "Many financial planners were complaining they don't have it on Android or Blackberry," said Trishanth Chandrahasan, Omnium's ...

Mason Stevens signs dealer group MAs

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2011
... real option for advisers," said Bignill. As a result, the company has a number of different features, managed accounts platforms and a number of new initiatives that it will be launching in the next months or two. "Advisers are driving demand for more ...

Platforms bounce back after GFC

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2011
... wealth creation plans by two years. The figures are contained in Rainmaker's latest Advantage report that details how platforms have now recovered from the meltdown following their 6.5 per cent growth in 2010. Rainmaker said platform growth matched superannuation's ...

Last call for your say on law change

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2011
... saying huge opportunities for global portfolio asset management would arise as Australian superannuation funds and wealth platforms grew in size. The proposed new rules are part of wider reforms to Australia's foreign source income anti-tax deferral ...

Ratings houses silent on Japan fund fallout

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2011
... talk to us. Now there is panic selling so it is difficult to assess through the noise what is happening in individual platforms."

MDAs to expand SMSF footprint

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2011
... "There is a whole range of different providers in the market and they all position themselves differently, it's not like platforms where they are all by-and-large the same, in our area everyone is doing something varied to make the options for choice ...

RockStar charity raises $120k

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2011
... Newcomer Award went to Sophie Koo from Zurich for 'Not Fair' by Lily Allen. Sponsors for the event included dealer groups, platforms, fund managers, research houses and recruitment firms with two platinum sponsors, BT Financial Group and Perpetual, and ...

IOOF profits surge 22 pc

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2011
... a $3.8 billion improvement on the previous corresponding period, or a gain of 3.83 per cent. The company's flagship platforms grew by 5 per cent, or $264 million, outperforming the 3 per cent growth rate of the industry as a whole. Kelaher said the popularity ...

BlackRock iShares breaks $1bn barrier

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2011
... ETF rsearch and implementation strategy. This trajectory will be underpinned by Australian institutional investors and platforms increasingly using ETFs for specific investment strategies, she said. ETFs moving into non-equities assets classes such as ...

Countplus float buoys half-year profits

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2011
... reported that a strong Aussie dollar adversely impacts 20 per cent of the companies FUA, invested offshore. FUA on approved platforms improved on that result since June with an increase of 2.7 per cent to $6.5 billion. And insurance growth proved a bright ...