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In the throes of change

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2014
From the Financial Systems Inquiry to the value of vertical integration and post-FOFA advice, next week's Financial Services Council (FSC) conference will tackle issues that will shape the industry in future years. The annual FSC conference is unique ...

Prepare for the 'financial Amazon': Joye

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2014
... financial advisers being part of vertically integrated dealer groups. "If I was an adviser, I would be avoiding vertical integration," he said. Independent financial advisers would be among the winners from the emergence of financial supermarkets, he ...

IOOF and SFGA union rattles top ranks

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2014
... vertically integrated businesses." The latest developments at IOOF-owned Bridges Financial Services suggest that vertical integration might have already started. Its chief executive Michael Carter departed the organisation on May 30, shortly after having ...

ASIC MDA review requires further clarity: IMAP

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2013
... market and above. IMAP is concerned about limiting/ reducing conflicts of interest which is an issue given the vertical integration by institutions.

netwealth unbundles super

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2012
... alternative to industry funds and 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 ...

Flaws in advice system revealed by ASIC report

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012
... in-house products, which is no surprise considering 85% of the licensees are owned by institutions. This clear vertical integration is a concern," said Prossor. AFA chief executive Richard Klipin said the results were disappointing but provides a solid ...

Move to horizontal integration for wraps

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2012
The days of the traditional approach to vertical integration by wraps may be numbered, according to online portfolio management provider Sharesight. A reasonable degree of vertical integration has been available for those buying a whole product package ...

Mid-sized licensees to disappear: CoreData

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2011
... and medium-sized licensees are scrambling to redefine their offer to remain relevant in an industry where vertical integration has become almost a necessity," noted the paper. "The ideal licensee of the future will need either to be large and vertically ...

Yellow Brick Road launches funds management arm

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2011
... solutions to suit investors wanting for less volatile asset-classes to increase their savings. The firm said the vertical integration through YBRFM will help Yellow Brick Road diversify its cash-flows and permit Yellow Brick Road to move up the product ...

Planners risk trouble opposing FOFA

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011
... who has argued that consumers loath the conflicts of interest created by commissions, volume payments and vertical integration where product makers own dealer groups and advisory firms. Mack has said that if the industry does not seize the opportunity ...