Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 5691 - 5700 of 7019 results for "Platform"

AMP closes in on AXA

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 16 NOV 2010
... AMP - clearing the path to a merged business with a formidable 3,000-plus adviser network and ranked third largest in platform market share. AXA APH said in a statement that the directors are recommending the deal in the "absence of a superior proposal". ...

BT Wrap releases plain English investor guide

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 16 NOV 2010
... visual aids and clear easy-to-understand information regarding client expectations on advisers, services and the BT Wrap platform. This also includes a detailed breakdown on fees. Providing a practical format, the Investor Guide incorporates a number ...

AMP unveils $6.34 per share bid for AXA

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2010
... September after it was twice rejected by the ACCC, whose concerns centered around competition in the retail investment platform market. "AMP would hold the number one market position for risk insurance, retail superannuation and retirement income in ...

CBA posts $1.6bn quarterly profit

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2010
... billion in net inflows, while funds under management jumped by 4.4 per cent. It added that FirstChoice became the largest platform provider in the market during the quarter after it experienced $513 million in net flows. Meanwhile, Insurance Inforce ...

Strong dollar fuels shift to unhedged intl equities

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2010
Some financial advisers are responding to client demand for their international share investments to be unhedged. "There will be advisers looking at internationals more due to the high Australian dollar but if you are getting research that the dollar ...

BlackRock to expand retail arm

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2010
... team, Phillips said that BlackRock is recruiting in these key areas but that Phillips and Chris Sakiris, the group's platform and research manager, will be looking after the retail division in the interim. "I think it will be a quick process, there is ...

DKN champions fee for service, unveils "land grab" strategy

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2010
... volume based rebates will not impact on the fees DKN receives under its existing distribution contracts with its core platform." This is because the fees it generates are not volume-based and not and not derived from a margin it controls, the company ...

More departures at BlackRock

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 5 NOV 2010
Matt Aspinall, research account manager at BlackRock is understood to have left the firm last month, just weeks after another departure within the group's Australian research team. Aspinall joined BlackRock in November 2006 as part of the group's merger ...

INGIM continues wholesale team expansion

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2010
... at NAB as a senior project analyst. The appointment is the fourth in a series targeting advisers for INGIM's wholesale platform with the firm previously stating its plans to expand its suite of investment products to financial advisers via dealer groups ...

MLC to launch platform

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2010
MLC and NAB Wealth will launch a new full service wrap platform in early 2011, following through plans to build its wealth management arm. The new platform, branded "MLC Wrap", will be a blend of the Navigator and MasterKey Custom platforms, incorporating ...