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AIA moves to integrate retail offering

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2010
... to appeal to planners who have indicated they would be keen to gain better access to life insurance products through platforms. "As an independent life risk specialist, AIA Australia is focused on improving the ease with which individual risk products ...

NAB granted more time on AXA bid

PRESS RELEASES  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2010
... year. Later that month, the ACCC blocked NAB's bid because it was concerned about competition between retail investment platforms if NAB and AXA merged. NAB is hoping to address the ACCC concerns for the planned AXA APH purchase by potentially divesting ...

Platforms up 30pc to $391bn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2010
... Platform assets peaked at $400 billion in September 2007 before beginning their slide down to $302 billion in March 2009. Platforms have been on the rise ever since. BT Financial Group has held its number ranking administering $83 billion in platform ...

Boutique and big brands top SMA

S&P RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2010
... actual SMA processes involved. Standard & Poor's report found most managers relay their investment decisions to SMA platforms in a timely manner and are monitoring performance of the model portfolios to ensure minimal performance differences. The review ...

Praemium preps more advisers to fee-for-service world

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2010
... accounts, among others. It is designed to cater for an estimated 80 per cent of advisers, who are currently using other wrap platforms to access wholesale managed funds. "With so many advisers facing the difficult move away from commissions while also ...

CommInsure completes business restructure, appoints two GMs

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2010
... business provides risk products and services to mass market customers through industry funds, corporates, master trusts and platforms. Meanwhile, as business services general manager, Browne will oversee strategy, marketing, distribution support and ...

Asgard makes tax time easier for planners

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2010
... advisers to complete the entire process for tax deductions in super online. General manager of BT Financial Group's platforms business, John Shuttleworth, said the firm was committed to a program of upgrades for the Asgard platform which will be rolled ...

BT Wrap signs five-year deal with DKN

PRESS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2010
... the platform. "Through this successful relationship, DKN have introduced pricing reductions across our full suite of platforms administered by BT," said Butterworth. "Our advisers have been very receptive to the recent platform enhancements including ...

Advance takes advantage of down markets

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2010
... multi manager fund are used across BT Super for Life, BT Corporate Super, Asgard Corporate Super and a range of super platforms.

Don't limit adviser choice: Synchron

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2010
Synchron has renewed calls for firms to not limit advisers to a 'tight' list of platforms, products or risk providers to chase volume bonuses. In a press release, Synchron said it was not in advisers or their clients' best interest to artificially limit ...