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Don't limit adviser choice: Synchron

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2010
... new advisers was fuelled by planners leaving dealer groups that "actively sought to limit investment, risk provider and platform choice." Synchron has placed several SMAs on its APL to 'test the waters' for adviser interest. The firm introduced SMA products ...

Advance takes advantage of down markets

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2010
Advance Investment Solutions, which oversees BT Financial Group's multi-manager super funds, has tilted portfolios towards riskier assets to benefit from the stock picking skill of the underlying fund managers. Patrick Farrell, head of investment solutions ...

Perkovic pushes for FirstWrap market share

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2010
... joining Colonial First State, Marianne Perkovic, general manager of distribution, is expanding the reach of CFS' FirstWrap platform by hiring a new head of platform sales and targeting SMSF planners. Perkovic said one of her key strategies for the FirstWrap ...

Fortitude launches retail offering

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2010
Hedge fund manager Fortitude Capital is in talks with BT and Macquarie to include its soon to be launched retail offering, Aurora Fortitude Diversified Income Trust, onto their platforms. Sheriden Hure, senior portfolio manager at Fortitude Capital ...

NZ Commission gives AMP all clear

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2010
New Zealand's Commerce Commission has cleared AMP to buy AXA's Australian and New Zealand businesses. According to a Commerce Commission statement, the regulator considered the impact of the deal across wealth protection, retail funds management, wholesale ...

Tone down fund rivalry: Clitheroe

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2010
One of the most familiar faces in consumer finance, Paul Clitheroe, has urged super funds to reduce their fund ratings competitiveness, as these debates only exacerbate consumer confusion and impact their long-term savings. Fund ratings, including those ...

Van Eyk loses two, names GM

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2010
Executive changes continue at researcher van Eyk with head of distribution Brian Long and business development manager Luke Fitzgerald moving to Mercer while a former Macquarie exec joins the fold. Mercer hired Long and Fitzgerald to provide advisory ...

Liquidnet taps NZ market

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2010
... Liquidnet Australia, said Liquidnet instantly alerts members to potential trade matches via Liquidnet's electronic trading platform, empowering them with control over the execution process and reducing their reliance on external brokers. "We bring together ...

Guardian launches wrap platform

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2010
Guardian Financial Planning has launched Vantage Portfolio Solutions, a platform that gives investors, who have reached their super contribution limit, an alternative channel for their savings. The wrap platform is a white label version of Colonial ...

AMP adds DNR portfolio

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2010
Dalton Nicol Reid's Australian Equities High Conviction portfolio has been added to the model portfolios on AMP's Personalised Portfolio Service. Dalton Nicol Reid's High Conviction portfolio, which is style neutral and holds between 15 and 25 Australian-listed ...