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GBST wealth management performance drives 52% profit boost

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2015
... profit to $15.3 million. Revenue in subsidiary GBST Wealth Management, which provides the Composer funds administration platform, grew by 4% in Australia to $19 million, while UK sales grew significantly - up 41% to $50.1 million. The capital markets ...

Magellan doubles profit, boosts FUM

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
Magellan Financial Group reported a 110% increase in net profit for the year to 30 June 2015 mainly thanks to double digit returns in all of its funds. "The largest contributor to funds under management during the past was actually investment performance. ...

Tasplan and Quadrant to use Acurity software

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
... executive, Stephen Mackley, said Tasplan has a specific strategy to focus on client-care around a central management platform. Acurity is currently used to manage more than 2.5 million superannuation members with over $100 billion in funds under administration ...

New guide teaches social media best practice

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2015
... online tool, Hootsuite, can be used to simplify advisers' Twitter strategy. Another shows how picture sharing social platform Instagram can be used to help personalise advisers' brands. In the third example, 2014 SMILEYS winner Liam Shorte, from Verante ...

ASX builds fund supermarket

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2015
... Magellan Global Equities Fund as an ETP. "Whilst we were happy with the volume of application forms [for the fund] off platform, we obviously realised it was a barrier to doing business," Casarotti says. "It was not just anecdotally, we were getting ...

Challenger annuities join CFS platforms

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2015
... Inquiry (FSI). Administration provider AAS also recently partnered with Challenger A to make annuities accessible on its platform.

Willis Re appoints global chair

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2015
Global risk advisory firm and reinsurance broker Willis Group has appointed the global chair of its reinsurance division, Willis Re. In addition to his current roles as chair of Willis Re North America and president of Willis Re, Paddy Jago will now ...

Cbus moves insurance to TAL

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015
... are already primed for innovation, service and technological agility and we are excited about the enabling operational platform they will provide." Atkin added the no increase to premiums was a good result "in a continuing tight insurance market." "Beyond ...

Magellan launches hedged global equities fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2015
... is the second Magellan exchange-quoted managed fund (EQMF), a fund that can be bought and sold on the ASX via CHESS, a platform that avoids the administrative complexities associated with investing in unlisted funds. The $36 billion fund manager decided ...

AdviserLogic enlists Rice Warner for RiskLogic upgrade

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
... Warner has provided new data which includes legacy insurance product research and quoting on 1,200 products in the group, platform and industry fund sectors. Additionally, AdviserLogic has updated RiskLogic's user interface along with provisioning for ...