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GBST Composer suite FoFA ready

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012
... suite is the first market ready response to the controversial Future of Financial Advice legislation. GBST Compose is a platform that aims to reduce the impact of the transition while delivering superior service, and keeping costs down and operational ...

Legg Mason restructures distribution

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012
Fund manager Legg Mason will shift its focus to institutional and intermediary markets, with a restructure of its distribution, client service and market functions. Legg Mason said the restructure was a direct response to the increased blurring of the ...

IRESS renews NAB wealth tech agreement

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2012
... at MLC and NAB Wealth Richard Nunn said the Group had invested at enterprise level in their next generation technology platform as part of the commitment to assist Advice businesses. As part of the agreement, IRESS' client engagement solution 'Engage' ...

Powerwrap's platform offers advisers full choice

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2012
Powerwrap Limited has upgraded its SMARTwrap platform as part of its overall business strategy to offer independent financial advisers full choice at what they regard as a reasonable price. The SMARTwrap Investment Account now offers access to over ...

Wealthtrac revises structure for independent market

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2012
Independent platform provider Wealthtrac has updated their pricing for advisers to address the fee-for-service environment, including lowering the administration fee cap. Wealthtrac managing director and chief executive Matthew Johnson said the move ...

BTFG launches adviser website with financial reforms focus

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2012
... communications hub for advisers and dealer groups on reform, providing legislative updates, information about product and platform changes, thought leadership articles and webinars," said Chris Freeman, BT Financial Group's general manager Adviser Distribution ...

FMD acquires two fin planning firms

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2012
... Investwell said the move to FMD is fantastic for our clients as there is strong alignment between the firms. "We have the same platform and similar investment philosophies, which means little change for our clients but we get the scale and structure ...

Financial Simplicity morphs into infrastructure solutions provider

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2012
... do, and how they can be integrated across multi [technology] platforms. Institutions buying up most of the traditional platform market forces the independents - including advisers, new investment managers, brokers and other intermediaries - to innovate ...

AMP North nudges $3 billion in AUM

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2012
AMP's North platform has posted a solid $639 million of net cash flows in the first half of 2012, with 91% of the net cash flows being in non-guaranteed products. AMP North has tripled its results since the first half of 2011 when net cash flows amounted ...

Reg compliance with archaic technology unlikely: Bravura

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2012
The inflexibility of service providers' technology infrastructure will make the challenge of complying with new financial services regulations potentially 'insurmountable', a software administrator has warned. Bravura's APAC managing director Roland ...