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Advisers demand platform opt-in support

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2011
... industry with 14.8% of the adviser respondents with their own AFSL. What's more, 55% of advisers feel limited in their choice of platforms and of these, 36% would like access to other platforms in the market "The reforms present platforms a new opportunity ...

Bigger super funds may not be cheaper for members

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2011
... super funds as those with less than $3 billion in funds under management, and said mid-sized funds would have to make a choice on which way to go: boutique or mega size. "If you are in between, you've got to make a decision on which way you're going ...

AMP scales advice for affordability

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2011
AMP has announced a new scalable advice model aimed at creating an affordable product to attract investors who would normally bypass advisers. The My Money Choices model was developed in consultation with financial planners, customers and the Australian ...

Industry brawl erupts over super network ads

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2011
Financial service industry feuds erupted again today as the Financial Planning Association fired a shot across the bow of the Industry Super Network over an advertising campaign that it believes harms financial planners. The print advertisements allege ...

Asteron takes on CFS FirstChoice risk offering

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2011
... options to its advisers. Effective from July 18, Asteron advisers will have access to the investment platform, with the choice of products from two different risk providers. Asteron were previously only using the CFS Wrap platform, now extending out ...

BetaShares adds major currencies to ETF range

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2011
BetaShares is looking to capitalise on the continued strength of the Australian dollar, adding British pounds and Euro currency ETFs to its portfolio of ASX listed products. The British pounds and Euros, held on deposit by JPMorgan Chase Bank, will ...

Legalsuper calls for default funds review

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2011
... According to the $1.5 billion fund, around 80% of Australians accept their employer's default fund making it the primary choice when it comes to super. Current regulations only require that employers have a default fund, with no additional requirements ...

SimpleWRAP launches $1500 platform pricing

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2011
... asset based fees for the administration service with investors to agree to a set price for services. Clients will have a choice of paying $1500 every year or $125 per month. Krystyna Weston, director of simpleWRAP, said the platform would offer savings ...

Westpac goes on attack against lost super

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2011
... superannuation is coming of age." Shorten said the government is tackling lost superannuation through super fund mobility, ie choice of super fund that enables employees to take their fund from job to job, and by allowing a member's Tax File Number to ...

Alt assets fund deals with adviser concerns

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2011
Advance Asset Management wants to erase the bad reputation alternative strategies garnered during the GFC, launching a new fund with liquidity and efficiency to combat all those who got the space 'wrong'. Advance head of advance investment solutions ...