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A challenge in a Class of its own

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... situation. "There was much to do and do quickly. We increased the speed of the technology integration of key communication platforms including emails, Zoom, Slack, and Confluence," he said. "This was critical to be able to communicate for remote working ...

Platform cancels top 50 funds list

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2020
... Possibly contributing to the platform's decision to axe the top 50 list, in February the FCA wrote to chief executives of platforms about conflicts of interest. "Firms operating Best Buy lists must construct them impartially and manage conflicts e.g. ...

Chinese tech giant buys 5% stake in Afterpay

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2020
... advertising, social media, fintech and cloud services provider listed on the Hong Kong stock exchange. Its communications platforms include Weixin, WeChat and QQ. It also has a digital payments service, Weixin Pay, which facilitates an average of over ...

Westpac to review business units

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2020
... we don't have sufficient scale or where the returns are insufficient for the risk," he said. These include wealth platforms, superannuation and retirement products, investments, and general and life insurance and auto finance, he added. It will also ...

IOOF sees surge in FUM

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020
... period, with inflows of $180 million for the quarter. "We have continued to see significant inflows to our proprietary platforms," Mota said. "The competitive and contemporary IOOF platforms are proving popular with advisers resulting in further inflow ...

Aussie funds bleed $4bn in March

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
... billion beat them both but the redemptions began to slow down in April, said Calastone, which says it covers 95% of local platforms and 75% of funds management firms with automated transactions. "The magnitude of redemptions in March illustrates the ...

BNY Mellon IM boutique heads for ASX mFunds

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
... Lonsec and so far has been available to non-institutional clients through BT, Macquarie, OneVue, Netwealth and HUB24 platforms. The company said the mFund addition is an important step in Insight Australia's goal of providing access to the fund via ...

Former CFS executive joins platform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2020
... contract basis. Wallace joined the platform last month, coming from CFS where she headed the institution's Wrap platforms. Wallace had been linked with CFS for more than 15 years, having joined Avanteos as national account manager in 2005. In 2009 ...

Boutique launches new Aussie equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... $10,000. For now, Contact has seeded the fund with money from the PMs and is in the process of getting ratings, with platforms and other distribution channels to be considered down the line. "We are comfortable with growing the fund slowly. We tested ...

Managed accounts use broadens

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2020
... and younger people right through to SMSFs and older people," he said. With managed accounts now available through 18 platforms and embedded within advisers' approved product lists, Blomfield said planners have discovered other benefits. "They've discovered ...