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BT overcharged customers, refunds $2.3m

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2013
... in place strengthened operational controls to prevent similar occurrences in the future. "We have also written to all platform operators to remind them of their significant breach of reporting obligations," ASIC Commissioner Greg Tanzer said. Since May ...

AIA Priority Protection added to Asgard

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
AIA Australia's Priority Protection products have been added to the Asgard superannuation platform. AIA said a third of risk business in Australia is now being written via platforms and advisers increasingly see them as a means to reduce their administrative ...

Platforms surpass pre-GFC levels

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
The platform market has broken funds under advice (FUA) records in the March quarter, after plunging during the global financial crisis (GFC). An uptick in investor confidence and an increase in adviser productivity could be behind the growth of the ...

Platforms to explain choice of investment products

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Committee (ASIC) has updated its platform guidance to require platform operators to explain how they choose the products on offer to investors. The new requirements follow the last review of the sector, which ...

FirstChoice platform offers PIMCO bonds

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
Colonial First State FirstChoice platform has included PIMCO bonds to its investment options. The PIMCO offering is the first global bond investment option available on FirstChoice and it follows a strategy of seeking strong, consistent investment returns ...

HUB24 adds Perpetual SMA to platform

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
The HUB24 platform has added Perpetual Investments to its list of Separately Managed Account (SMA) managers. The Perpetual Direct Equity Alpha Portfolio is now available through the HUB24 platform. Perpetual joins HUB24, which has over 150 of SMA managed ...

Robbie Bennetts takes stake in Beacon

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
... Services (AFS), also announced that the group has signed on to use OneVue's Unified Managed Account (UMA) investment platform. Daly said Beacon was attracted to the fact OneVue is not institutionally aligned as it has no conflicts of interest in the ...

Class Super beats BGL to launch automated property valuator

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2013
... software provider in Australia, behind BGL. Ray said Class is adding about $500 million worth of assets per week to its platform, representing growth of 5% per month. He puts this swift growth down to superior technology. "Our technology is 18 to 24 ...

BNP Paribas launches dealing services in Australia

LAURA MILLAN, MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2013
... volumes or variable volumes," Jond said. Already established in Europe and Hong Kong, the service offers access to a platform with specialized dealers, asset managers and asset owners with in-house fund management capabilities. The solution can be implemented ...

HUB24 add AIA to platform

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2013
Life insurer AIA Australia has announced a new partnership with investment platform HUB24. This is the third platform partnership AIA has made in the past two years. AIA general manager of life insurance Damien Mu said the platform linkups are designed ...