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Managed accounts work for insto investors too

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015
... accounts are ideally suited to these investors because they enable asset owners to maintain governance control using a platform structure that is fully customisable. The crucial aspect of such structures, explained Keith, is that asset owners don't have ...

AMP profit up 32% in 2014

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2015
... management rose 9% to $109.5 billion. AMP platforms grew 35% to $3.6 billion and growth was driven by flows to the North platform ($5.5 billion) and the AMP Flexible Super product ($2.2 billion). However, other products and platforms such as Summit ...

Macquarie Funds Group rebrands, increases FUM by $30 billion

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015
... modest growth in key areas: lending and asset portfolio size grew by $1.5 billion in the quarter to 31 December 2014, and platform assets under administration increased by 4% to $43.2 billion during the same period. "Macquarie asset management, corporate ...

OPINION: The Achilles heel of unbundled services

DARREN SPEIRS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015
... exchange information with any number of these service providers and this presents a dilemma. Operating outside a unifying platform, how can trustees and unbundled service providers effectively and efficiently interact? Many providers have sought to address ...

MLC promotes retail platform GM from within

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2015
MLC has promoted Kathy Vincent to the role of general manager, retail wealth platforms. Vincent joined MLC in 2012 with more than 20 years of financial services experience. She has led the company's retail investment platforms strategy team since 2012 ...

ANZ profit up 3.6% in "tougher environment"

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2015
... average, but so were expenses - the statement attributes this to exchange rate impacts and the development of "a new digital platform for Australian business". The group also saw a 9% rise in customer deposits and an 8% growth in net loans and advances. ...

Long-serving BT exec announces retirement

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2015
BT Financial Group's long-serving general manager of adviser distribution Chris Freeman is retiring. He will begin stepping down from his duties in the latter half of 2015, but will stay on part-time as a consultant for a further two years. As he transitions ...

Findex appoints head of investment research

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2015
Financial services and accounting group Findex has appointed a head of investment research with experience across Australia, North America and Europe. Dr Stefano Cavaglia joins Findex from Philo Capital, where he worked as a portfolio manager. Prior ...

ASX half-year profit up 4.7%

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2015
ASX Ltd has released its half-year results to 31 December 2014 and has lifted profit 4.7% to $198.6 million. Revenues rose by 5.9% to $348.7 million, and the ASX will pay a fully-franked interim dividend of 92.3c to shareholders in March. According ...

Macquarie Wrap adds international stocks, fixed income

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2015
... stocks across 14 exchange platforms and their corresponding primary indices across 10 countries, Macquarie confirmed. The platform also supports domestic fixed income securities issued by the Commonwealth Government, state governments and corporations. ...