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Facebook usage in Australia going up

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2013
... While there are concerns Facebook use in Australia may be slipping, the number of Australians using the social media platform actually jumped 2.75% in May to reach 12.2 million. LinkedIn was ranked a distant second with 3.7 million users and Twitter ...

Zurich makes platform debut, mulls providers

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013
Zurich has entered the platform space for the first time and is set to make its Wealth Protection available in several platforms. Zurich's Retail Life and Investments general manager Philip Kewin told Financial Standard that the company is looking at ...

OneVue strenghtens platform offering

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013
OneVue has added two new investment options to its Unified Managed Account platform as part of its strategy to ensure greater compliance with the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms. The platform will offer two separate investment package options ...

Japanese broker enters Australian market

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013
Japanese brokerage firm Invast Securities has launched its Australian operation after gaining its licence from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Under chief executive Brendan Gunn, Invast Australia will offer various trading ...

Count goes "social" in hunt for accountancy business

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013
Count Financial (Count) is using social media platforms as part of its strategy to attract accountancy firms to work under its Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL). Count chief executive David Lane told Financial Standard that it is using Twitter ...

Zurich enters netwealth platform

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2013
Platform provider netwealth has added Zurich's insurance options to its LifeWrap facility in a partnership that will be effective on October 2013. "The addition and integration of Zurich life products into our super and investment suite provides our ...

WB advisers join CBA's Financial Wisdom

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2013
... provide services to advisers including Credit Licensing via its Proloan arrangement, ongoing development of the Agentia SMA platform for adviser and affiliated adviser use and continued support and development for the advanced WB Xplan site," Connelly ...

Clients want a "social" relationship with advisers

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2013
... first day of the AdviserEdge Social Advice Summit in Melbourne. According to Ambrose, 73% of clients prefer the LinkedIn platform, with 29% choosing Facebook, Google and Twitter combined. "Nine in 10 high net worth individuals use social media and 52% ...

SMSFs urged to consider transparent alternatives to managed funds

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2013
... yesterday that it had added Macquarie's separately managed account (SMA), known as the Macquarie Personal Portfolio, to its platform. According the Xpress Super, SMAs offer greater transparency than managed funds for SMSF investors wanting to delegate ...

Planner platform satisfaction reaches record high

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2013
... 1,141 financial planners and concluded in May 2013. "At an industry level, planners' satisfaction with their most-used platform increased for each of the 27 different areas that we measure," Investment Trends senior analyst Recep Peker said. While platform ...