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Advisers' Twitter usage doubles in 18 months

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
... made it quicker and easier to access social platforms," he said. "Our own research from late 2012 estimated that over one third of advisers were already actively using tablets as a client engagement tool. "We are very close to that tipping point where ...

DST Bluedoor to take platforms to Europe

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
... accounts. DST Bluedoor provides technology solutions for wealth managers, superannuation funds, platform providers, and third-party administrators. It has more than doubled the number of employees from 65 to 180 since its foundation at the beginning ...

Li gets what Li likes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
... Cooperation and Development's (OECD) Better Life Index, we are already the happiest industrial country in the world...for the third year running at that! The OECD seems to have handed the Gillard-Swan tandem bragging rights campaign material to take ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2013
... stocks have opened weaker, with David Jones among the worst performers after the department store chain posted a decline in third quarter sales. The retailer's third quarter sales fell by 2.2 per cent from the same period last year to $399.8 million ...

Planning software not ready for FoFA opt-in hurdle

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2013
More than a third of financial advisers say they do not yet have software which they believe can adequately manage their opt-in requirements, according to a recently published Midwinter Financial Services survey. For its FoFA Advice Impact Survey, Midwinter ...

Pressure on benchmark affects managers performance: Cuffe

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013
... benchmarks in the short term could be preventing them from achieving high returns, UniSuper chairman and founding director of Third Link Investment Managers Chris Cuffe said. "It is hard to get alpha and I wonder if fund managers can actually do it," ...

Property investments see surge in confidence

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2013
... respondents predicted strong growth in unlisted domestic property trusts and syndicates," he said. "Now, approximately one-third of respondents are predicting strong investment growth in these asset classes domestically." Survey respondents are still ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2013
... Westpac/Melbourne Institute Survey of Consumer Sentiment index is due to be released. In equities news, Myer is due to release its third quarter sales figures, while Adelaide Brighton, Iluka Resources and Petsec Energy hold annual general meetings. In ...

Rubik to purchase Visor Desktop from Macquarie

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2013
... boutique independent financial advice clients that were retained by Macquarie as part of the COIN Transaction. This is the third acquisition for Rubik in the wealth management space. "The acquisition of COIN in 2012 expanded Rubik's wealth offering to ...

Smartphone apps could increase super engagement

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2013
... with their superannuation, according to the latest research by CoreData. However, around 50% of younger members - and a third of all respondents - said they would be more engaged if their fund offered a smartphone app. The survey found that 28.7% of ...