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India: a country within a country

ALEX DUNNIN REPORTING FROM MUMBAI AND NEW DELHI AT THE INAUGURAL AUSTRALIA INDIA FINANCIAL FORUM  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2007
... Sanjay Sachdev, India country manager for Shinsei Corporate Advisory Services who used to work in Australia with BT Financial Group. To minimise resulting currency appreciation, which is already damaging exports and forcing businesses to write export ...

Platforms demand liquidity on alternatives

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2007
... using Standard & Poor's ratings and through companies like Macquarie Bank. Chris Freeman, head of distribution at BT Financial Group, said their platform also provided access to absolute return type funds, hedge funds and infrastructure, but was less ...

What happened to baby platforms?

ALEX DUNNIN, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2007
... as our core platform used by the majority of advisers," he said. Meanwhile Chris Freeman, head of distribution at BT Financial Group said their cut down platform focused on smaller balances of $50,000 to $250,000. "They're just easier as there's not ...

BT Financial and Westpac launch all-in-one super

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2007
A month after BT Financial Group chief executive Rob Coombe challenged the industry to find better ways to engage the public on the retirement savings debate, the group and Westpac have introduced sweeping changes to the way BT provides superannuation-related ...

Smart outsourcing or global offloading?

... anymore say, between India and getting the service locally because Indian companies have moved up the value chain." BT Financial Group's head of IT infrastructure Richard Boxall said that being able to seek talent overseas, when needed, helps the company ...

The $10 million sustainable punt

... plus fund is one of the eight cornerstone investors of Regnan, a Sydney-based governance research house spun off BT Financial's sustainable investing arm. In June this year, Regnan received a $50 billion engagement mandate, which requires it to look ...

BT Wrap Advantage rebates $1.8m

BT Financial Group's reduced fee structure for its new Wrap Advantage program has resulted in $1.8 million worth of direct rebates to investors within six months. BT launched Wrap Advantage in March as an additional feature in its $38 billion-plus platform. ...

Challenger FP strengthens operations

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2007
... its advisers to deliver quality advice to clients. Previously, Roche was head of advice projects and planning at BT Financial Group and Westpac Financial Planning. The financial planning division of Challenger is an amalgamation of Genesys Wealth Advisers ...

Advisers lead margin lending push

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2007
... becoming more sophisticated, it's still advisers who are leading the massive growth in margin lending, according to BT Financial Group's head of wealth and wrap solutions, Chris Freeman. His comments came on the back of BT Margin Lending reporting $1.3 ...

Coombe calls for better super

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2007
... and it's time we started to focus on our end-customers, said Rob Coombe, chief executive of wealth management for BT Financial Group when speaking at yesterdays' Association of Super Funds of Australia (ASFA) luncheon in Sydney. "Sixteen years after ...