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Investment Trends releases 2014 platform report

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2015
... Trends senior analyst Recep Peker, the highest-rated platforms are those that are "functionality-rich", focusing on improvements in usability/interface, portfolio management tools, customer support, reporting, mobile functionality and client access. ...

Instreet acquires ethical platform for responsible investing

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2015
... Club was created with the goal of addressing the shortcomings of the existing RI industry - this involved targeting improvements in transparency, cost-effectiveness, control, usability and administration. "This ambition will remain in place," Lucas a ...

Government repeals Palmer FoFA changes

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 DEC 2014
... executive Brad Fox said: "We welcome these two developments that help to provide the financial advice profession with key improvements and increased certainty."

Register to include qualifications, association membership

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2014
... ethical and educational standards across the financial advice industry," the statement added. "As we progress relevant improvements, in particular to educational standards, those improvements will immediately be reflected as appropriate within the structure ...

Conditions and confidence collide

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2014
... investment... and is "consistent with improving investment intentions outside of mining in the Q2 ABS Capex Survey". Further improvements in consumer confidence - up from 94.0 in September to 94.8 last month (we'll get the November update later today) ...

Van Eyk spin-off signs first major client

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2014
... said. "Most importantly, it reinforces the confidence we have that the financial services marketplace is seeking improvements in investment outcomes for clients of advisers through a robust, transparent process centred on a valuation based framework". ...

Research houses give Medibank IPO approval

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014
... on the IPO. "We consider Medibank Private well-placed to produce solid long-term earnings growth from productivity improvements and industry-wide growth." The indicative price range of the IPO is between $1.55 and $2.00 per share while Morningstar's ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
... Federal Reserve signalled more stringent capital requirements for banks. In share trading, Europe's biggest home-improvements chain Kingfisher shot to the top of London's FTSE after announcing the appointment of a new chief executive, while Santander ...

MDAs allow small players to act as large instos

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2014
... attributed the rise of managed accounts in the United States and other countries to a "perfect storm" of technology improvements and the global financial crisis, which damaged investors' faith in traditional managed funds. "The irony is that managed ...

Centrepoint Alliance returns to growth

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
... the business. PIS has completed its ongoing monitoring program with ASIC and the regulator has reported significant improvements in compliance and internal auditing. With cash reserves of $21.4 million, Centrepoint said it is in a strong financial position ...