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Young advisers key to business sustainability

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2018
... those that are more likely to hire younger advisers, according to new research. Macquarie's second bi-annual AFS Benchmarking Report shows that more than 55% of high performing firms are hiring younger advisers as well as encouraging them to engage their ...

AMP platform fees laid bare

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2018
... platforms, as well as its inaction to comply with the legislative changes concerning opt-in financial advice fees. AMP head of platform development John Keating acknowledged the firm has failed its legal obligations to enable customers to opt-in to advice ...

Industry fund creates finance role

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2018
... shareholders," he said. Rowe added the fund has recently replaced or upgraded the key applications making up its core business platform, "which provides a strong foundation for the next seven to 10 years." Vision Super recently detailed its use of a ...

Technology features driving superannuation product development

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2017
... nearly as fast from 13% to 24%, and the proportion with social media presences jumped almost two thirds to 41%. Extra platform capability is enabling these feature expansions, explained Rainmaker: "these changes reflect the improvements in administration ...

Netwealth dominating platform sector

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAR 2017
... costly compliance work, with netwealth leading the field. That is a key finding of Investment Trends' 2016 Platform Benchmarking and Competitive Analysis Report, highlighting that platform innovation surged in 2016 led largely by netwealth. It ranked ...

Preqin buys solution platform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2016
... stake in Baxon Solutions after forming a strategic partnership in January 2015. Baxon Solutions offers clients a tailored platform which provides automated solutions for front and middle office tasks such as monitoring, analysing, benchmarking and performance ...

XPLAN named best app

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 26 APR 2016
... were ranked second and third respectively, while AdviserNETgain and Asgard took out the top spots for Hybrid planning/platform applications. Ian Webster, technology analyst at Investment Trends said that XPLAN was leading the way for both comprehensive ...

Australian non-bank finance shows robust growth

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2016
... has already become a multi-billion dollar market. Titled "Harnessing Potential, Asia Pacific Alternative Finance Benchmarking Report", the study surveyed over 500 alternative finance companies and captured an estimated 70% of the visible market. "Activity ...

GBST partners with MSCI for after-tax services

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2015
Listed wealth management platform provider GBST has formed a partnership with MSCI to expand global equities after-tax calculation services at the indexing firm. The collaboration will, for the first time, see after-tax calculations made available on ...

Small funds winning group risk race

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2015
... deal on group insurance premiums, the latest study from Rainmaker shows. The Autumn 2015 Rainmaker Superannuation Benchmarking report analysed 15,408 risk options offered by 235 super funds and master trusts. The report suggests this has come about because ...