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Ord Minnett raises $600 million

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2010
... after leaving Commonwealth Financial Planning, but has already hit the ground running - launching the firm's term deposit platform. "A lot of our clients are dealing with private banks and those banks are directing them to their term deposits," he said. ...

Tech aids capital markets

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2010
Technology enhancements and changing attitudes to corporate responsibility could mean capital markets trading will become far more transparent, according to one software provider. Progress Software, which provides infrastructure to develop and deploy ...

AFS considers sale offer

AFS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2010
... shareholders of any substantial offers to acquire the dealer group. Stephen said the group intends to use the acquisition as a platform to launch an alternative dealer group service to that of institutions. The AFS Group Board is considering the offer ...

HSBC funds now on IOOF platforms

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2010
Financial planners can now access the HSBC GH Diversified Strategy Fund and HSBC Asia Select Equity Fund through IOOF's investment platforms, including Pursuit Select. The HSBC GH Diversified Strategy Fund provides access to a fund of hedge funds strategy ...

TOWER enhances Accelerate Protection

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2010
... Denison, head of product and marketing -- retail life at TOWER Australia. Accelerate Protection is the firm's life insurance platform that was launched last year based on the Accelerate platform that was introduced the prior year. The enhanced online ...

Trust advocates long-term staff incentives

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2010
... performance targets at the cost of long-term shareholder wealth. Atkin said the new programs give the company a solid platform to grow their businesses at a time when the wealth management industry is suffering from high staff turnover, weak investor ...

ING Australia reviews ING IM mandates

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2010
ING Australia (INGA) is reviewing the firm's investment mandates with ING Investment Management (ING IM) as part of a broader asset management strategy review following the ANZ/INGA merger. Stewart Brentnall, chief investment officer at ING Australia ...

AXA upgrades insurance in super

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2010
AXA Australia has added its financial protection product, Elevate, to the Summit, Generation and iAccess investment platforms. "This enhancement means clients will have access to a complete range of insurance features within the convenient framework ...

Industry prepares for new advice era

MICHELLE BALTAZAR AND RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2010
The government's proposed reforms to change the way planners charge for advice will spur the industry's long-term growth, but at the cost of serious headaches and profits during the adjustment period. The minister for financial services, superannuation ...

NAB/AXA merger not anti-competitive: research

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2010
... regulators get it right, more could move away from using previously-used platforms. On the question of AXA's innovative platform, a separate Financial Standard article published today reported that the underlying technology is from a third party, DST ...