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New leaders at BT and Asgard

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2008
Chris Freeman will retain his title as head of BT Wrap while Wayne Wilson will lead the St.George Business Solutions and Asgard divisions following the St.George/Westpac merger. BT Financial Group announced the appointments yesterday, which includes ...

Basis to repay $23m

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2008
... verifies BT Financial Group's argument that the June application monies were never properly part of the Basis funds. Chris Freeman, BT Wrap head, said the firm had sought to recover June application monies on behalf of investors and advisers on Basis ...

BT raises savings for term deposits

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2008
... invested into term deposits since it added the cash option to their BT Wrap and SuperWrap platforms nine weeks ago. Chris Freeman, head of BT Wrap Solutions, said term deposits had become attractive to investors seeking a low risk, income generating ...

Macq rebates $4m

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2008
... $400,000 in rebates over 2008 following its inclusion of four BT multi-manager funds to its Wrap Advantage program. Chris Freeman, head of BT Wrap solutions, said at the time the group had given more than $2.4 million in rebates to investors since the ...

Direct equities gain ground in platforms

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2008
... tailoring portfolios for clients. Another major platform provider, BT Financial Group, registered a similar trend. Chris Freeman, the group's head of distribution, said managed funds still dominated but direct equities has grown in popularity. "Direct ...

BT Wrap Advantage to rebate $400k

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2007
... funds, which form a subset of BT Wrap's total investment menu of over 700 managed funds by some 85 fund managers. Chris Freeman, head of BT Wrap solutions, said since launching Wrap Advantage in March, they have given more than $2.4 million in rebates ...

Platforms demand liquidity on alternatives

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2007
... liquidity has been structured into the fund, using Standard & Poor's ratings and through companies like Macquarie Bank. Chris Freeman, head of distribution at BT Financial Group, said their platform also provided access to absolute return type funds ...

What happened to baby platforms?

ALEX DUNNIN, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2007
... just window dressing, we see FirstChoice as our core platform used by the majority of advisers," he said. Meanwhile Chris Freeman, head of distribution at BT Financial Group said their cut down platform focused on smaller balances of $50,000 to $250,000. ...

Advisers lead margin lending push

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2007
... leading the massive growth in margin lending, according to BT Financial Group's head of wealth and wrap solutions, Chris Freeman. His comments came on the back of BT Margin Lending reporting $1.3 billion growth in the 12 months to September this year. ...

Skandia exec heads to BT

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2007
... account manager. She begins in August. "We are thrilled to be joined by an individual of such high calibre," said Chris Freeman, BT's head of wrap and wealth solutions." Freeman said Clark's extensive contacts within adviser, dealer group executive and ...