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New SFG service launched to reposition boutiques

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2013
... Alliance Services will provide licensee and advice solutions, research services, technical support, access to portfolio and platform solutions and AFSL management and growth. The head of Actuate Alliance Services Dan Powell said the service was aimed ...

Praemium adds Easton AM to SMA platform

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2013
Praemium has added Easton Asset Management Global Tactical Model on its separately managed account (SMA) platform. The Global Tactical model portfolio uses global tactical asset allocation and Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) listed exchange-traded ...

Macquarie sells private wealth business in Canada

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2013
... business will have approximately A$29.39 billion in assets under administration and will be Canada's largest independent platform. Macquarie Group said that the sale of its Canada business will have no effect on the other businesses in the country, which ...

Telstra Super lures members with SMSF lookalike

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2013
Corporate super fund Telstra Super has launched a new investment platform offering members direct access to term deposits and shares, in a move to retain members who might otherwise set up self-managed super funds (SMSFs). The investment option, called ...

Hedge fund industry calls for consistent global regulatory framework

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2013
... industry in its newly published statement of policy principles. The paper builds on a 2009 document, the AIMA Policy Platform, which offered support for improved transparency, unified global standards, manager authorisation and supervision, aggregated ...

Orient Capital launches APRA reporting service

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2013
... (APRA's) reporting standards, part of the Stronger Super reforms. Orient's new service, operating through its miraqle platform, will integrate data from custodians, accounting systems and administration systems, compile the information and provide it ...

Advisers to justify platform choice under best interest

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2013
Financial planners will have to justify platform choice under the best interest duty provision within the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) regulation. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has raised the issue that platform operators ...

Lonsec highlights hedge fund classification concerns

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2013
... sophisticated 'hedge fund' or 'alternative' investments." Despite the concerns, Lonsec's discussions with fund managers, platform providers and key clients have revealed that provided the investment philosophy and process remained the same, exposure ...

CFS adds Tyndall Australian share fund to FirstWrap

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2013
Tyndall AM's Tyndall Australian Share Concentrated Fund has been added to Colonial First State's FirstWrap platform, as advisers see clients focus on total returns and become increasingly more risk aware. The fund was launched to the retail market in ...

Thousands of finance workers face axe: FSU

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013
Several thousand jobs could be at risk in the financial services industry, despite the sector being in strong shape according to the Finance Sector Union of Australia (FSU). The media and communications manager at the FSU Leanne Shingles said that last ...