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Bond funds top UK platform flows

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2009
Half the transactions through one of the largest platforms in the UK, Cofunds, flowed into corporate bond funds during this year's first quarter, according to the firm's latest report. According to the latest platform flows report from Cofunds, more ...

MLC takes earnings hit

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2009
... Horizon 4, beat its peers 77 per cent of the time over rolling five-year periods, the company said. MLC runs two retail platforms, MasterKey and MasterKey Custom. It offers consulting through JANA and MLC Implemented Consulting, runs five planning businesses ...

Platforms should merge

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2009
... business model developed by Australia's large wealth management companies, made up of a combination of administration platforms designed to service intermediaries and a vast array of market-linked investment options, may not be sustainable, they said. ...

New sales manager for PASF

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2009
... this he was with GMAC Financial Services and ANZ Group. PASF has recently rolled out a string of enhancements to its platforms, including consolidated investment management and options and has also unified the asset consulting arrangements across the ...

AIG Australia weathering US storm

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2009
... move," said Green. The growth in group insurance business across the wealth management sector, particularly through platforms, also helped as group risk now accounts for two thirds of premiums compared to 50 per cent 12 months ago. But increasing sales ...

Caravan parks deliver high income

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2009
... planners can now access to the fund easier after it was placed on the Macquarie Wrap for both IDPS and super/pension platforms. Reon Botha, Aspen Group national distribution manager, said having the fund available on the Macquarie Wrap assists the firms ...

Future still belongs to super

... fast becoming the "ultimate retail fund and presenting tremendous challenges to the retail sector that always assumed platforms were the vehicle of choice." The shift towards SMSFs will however present major regulatory challenges. "The growth and popularity ...

FPSA to recruit more advisers

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2009
... said. In the meantime, Ryan is using the market downturn to improve the firm's technology software, reevaluating the platforms advisers are on, and hiring the right people to help position practices for the market upturn. "This is the ideal time to get ...

CAAM funds awarded 'recommended' rating

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2009
... we did in October last year. The next step was obtaining ratings for our funds so they can be accepted on investment platforms," said Richard Borysiewicz, CAAM Australia chief executive. Lonsec was impressed with the global bond fund's investment approach ...

Fitzsimons to head MasterKey Custom

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2009
... program - a superannuation savings scheme that promotes automatic and gradual increases to super contributions. MLC platforms general manager Anthony Waldron said Fitzsimons is "ideally placed to run the business". "Over the last few years MasterKey ...