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HUB24 add AIA to platform

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2013
Life insurer AIA Australia has announced a new partnership with investment platform HUB24. This is the third platform partnership AIA has made in the past two years. AIA general manager of life insurance Damien Mu said the platform linkups are designed ...

Shelf space battle heats up in US platforms

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2013
The consolidation of platforms in the US is forcing asset managers to compete harder for shelf space, while at the same time trying to protect advisers, according to new research. Boston-based global analytics firm Cerulli Associates said while this ...

ASIC relaxes HFT and dark pool proposals

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has relaxed parts of its proposed rule changes for dark pools and high-frequency trading (HFT) after extensive consultation with the industry. ASIC will not go ahead with proposals to rest ...

Rubik completes Provisio takeover

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2013
Listed financial software provider Rubik Financial (Rubik), has completed its takeover of Provisio Technologies (Provisio). Rubik said the acquisition of the scaled and online wealth advice software provider marked an important milestone in Rubik's ...

Tyndall mulls World Equities retail launch

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2013
Tyndall AM is considering making its top-performing World Equities multi-manager fund available to Australian retail investors after a successful retail launch in New Zealand. Tyndall head of the Multi-Manager Ken Ostergaard said that a regulatory overhaul ...

Arena REIT lists on the ASX

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013
The Arena Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) has listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). Arena REIT investment mandate including in investing in childcare, education, healthcare and government The fund is raising $75 million by the issue ...

Boardroom cloud tech eases organisational burden

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2013
The Affiliation of Superannuation Practitioners (ASP), an alliance of ten funds and administrators, has adopted a new technology to simplify distribution of essential documents for board members. The cloud-based iqBoard app, produced by IQ Group, allows ...

EQT to take Trust-Perpetual acquisition to ACCC

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2013
Equity Trustees (EQT) will make a submission to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) on the implications for the competitive positions of the trustee markets if Perpetual acquires The Trust Company. In a letter to its shareholders ...

ASIC continues proceedings against Wellington Capital

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has taken a new step on its legal proceeding against Wellington Capital, the responsible entity of the Premium Income Fund (PIF) in the Federal Court of Australia. The Court considered that ...

Skaffold to set up alert service

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2013
An automated alert service will be added to online equity research product Skaffold, to enable advisers to better track clients' investments. The new service, which is due to be rolled out at the end of July, allows advisers to enter attributes of a ...