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Platforms surpass pre-GFC levels

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
The platform market has broken funds under advice (FUA) records in the March quarter, after plunging during the global financial crisis (GFC). An uptick in investor confidence and an increase in adviser productivity could be behind the growth of the ...

Advisers could benefit from independent software

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2013
... adviser Bailey Roberts Group will become available to independent advisers, in a move designed to pluralise the platform market. The application, dubbed 'PLUTO', allows users to operate individually managed portfolios (IMPs). It is also designed to allow ...

Retirement platforms to become the new battleground

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2013
Retirement is set to become the biggest segment of the platform market, according to Rainmaker's latest set of superannuation funds under management (FUM) projections for 2012 to 2033. The personal platform market is currently the major battleground ...

Platform asset-based fees under fire

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2013
The retail platform market is on the cusp of a revolution which will see standard asset-based pricing replaced with a fee-based structure, said Chris Wrightson, managing director of Centurian Market Makers. The business broking expert says that, in ...

Platforms at 10 year low

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
... by ongoing European financial crises, plus massive US budget blowouts has contributed to net inflows into the platform market reaching their lowest levels in ten years, a recent report reveals. According to a report by Plan for Life Actuaries and Researchers ...

NSW and CFS partner in first gov retail annuity bond

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
... diversify their investment portfolio even further. "FirstWrap has one of the broadest investment lists in the platform market. The NSW Waratah Annuity Bond will add to this by fulfilling a need on our platform for those investors seeking a longer term ...

Financial Simplicity morphs into infrastructure solutions provider

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2012
... how they can be integrated across multi [technology] platforms. Institutions buying up most of the traditional platform market forces the independents - including advisers, new investment managers, brokers and other intermediaries - to innovate, and ...

Zenith wins BT research from S&P

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2012
... with rationalisations and changing business models, particularly given BT Financial's number one ranking in the platform market and its expanding adviser footprint. Piers Bolger, head of research and strategy for BT Financial Group said the decision ...

NSW govt run annuity targets platforms

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2012
The NSW government will target the platform market with an annuity product as a source of funds for infrastructure projects. The 'Waratah Annuity Bond' guaranteed debt instrument offers retail investors in Australia the opportunity to buy an annuity ...

netwealth unbundles super

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2012
... bank-owned products. "It is becoming more difficult for firms that don't have vertical integration to survive. In the platform market banks are increasingly using platforms as a distribution point for their in-house bank products like term deposits ...