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AXA adopts new wealth platform

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2011
AXA's aligned dealer groups are switching to the IRESS wealth management platform, XPLAN, with over 25% of practices already migrated as a result of a successful pilot program. AXA's decision to move to the web-based XPLAN wealth solution was driven ...

Vanguard tops US social media rankings

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2011
The US branch of Vanguard has topped a survey of asset managers who were ranked for their prowess in social media, with debate about the medium's impact in Australia's wealth management raging on. Kasina, a specialist research group, rated asset managers ...

CMC Markets launches new platform

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2011
CMC Markets has launched its new CMC Tracker platform for Australian investors. The new platform is the result of A$156m of investment over two years and aims to increase CFD trading speed and lower transaction costs. The new platform features increased ...

SMAs drive interest into concentrated Australian equity funds

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011
... stage there is significant uncertainty surrounding with ING IM funds would sit on this boutique investment management platform and how these would be structured," the report said. Two new funds were included in the review: Advance Alleron Australian ...

BT: product strength will defend market share

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011
BT, a major platform provider for Count Financial, today said it is confident its product business will stand on its merits and will not be harmed even though a key rival is buying its major client. Count Financial runs $6.2 billion across its preferred ...

SMA managers raise standards

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2011
... SMA sector continues to grow in terms of funds inflow, number of managers, and variation of investment strategies and platform availability, said S&P. Since 2010 managers have cut the time it takes them to communicate investment decisions to SMA platforms ...

Count Financial profit surges on windfall float

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2011
... advice on approved platforms fell by 1.74% in the last year to $6.22 billion of which $4.42 billion is with the BT/Westpac platform. Count Financial's investment portfolio stood at $128.69 million as of June 30, with the largest holding in Countplus ...

Perpetual posts results, buy-back option

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2011
... Private Wealth space, Perpetual said it was well advanced in the selection-making process for an external provider of platform administration services for Perpetual Private Wealth clients. Overall Ryan said that external factors were still impacting ...

IOOF profits soar despite difficult times

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2011
... the next 12 months with potential acquisition targets being financial advisory firms, dealer groups, fund managers and platform providers. IOOF was the only really large independent wealth management provider, he said. "It's not an institutional business ...

iPac buys $230m SA planning practice

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2011
... different platforms, some of them legacies, which the company is looking to reduce over time. The firm focuses on three main platform providers: its own iPac platform, MLC and Colonial First State, but also runs a lot of business with Macquarie.