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Vision Super and Financial Synergy implement new admin platform

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2015
... transactions for its 100,000 members. "This project will bring Vision Super's administration operations firmly into the digital age," Rowe said. "It will reduce our administration costs, increase administration efficiencies and make doing business with ...

New guide teaches social media best practice

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2015
... strategies that financial advisers are using to effectively market their business and engage with their clients in the digital age," he said. The published series of case studies highlights a specific aspect of social media. One explains how online tool ...

Custody: Revolution or evolution?

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
... order of shares for $250 million - to show that the industry still had a long way to go to bring its systems into the digital age. "You don't need a DeLorean to go back to the future, you just need to walk into the back office a custodian," he said. ...

KKR invests in German fibre-optics via $4.2bn infra fund

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2015
Following the closing of its new $4.2 billion infrastructure fund, global alternatives manager KKR has partnered with Dutch investment firm Reggeborgh to acquire a majority stake in German infrastructure company Deutsche Glasfaser (DG). Reggeborgh currently ...

Super funds advised to be smart with technology

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2015
... digital customer engagement tools as technology further shapes the industry. At a recent Milliman event discussing the digital age and its implications for superannuation funds, Lonsec general manager investment consulting, Lukasz de Pourbaix, said it ...

Mercer and Bravura combine for super admin

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
... its benefits administration division. Mercer managing director and pacific market leader, Ben Walsh, said: "In this digital age, Bravura's Sonata wealth management platform with its modern mobile, web and messaging capabilities, will play a critical ...

Brady Bunch as useful as market commentary: Shane Oliver

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2015
The proliferation of news and market information in the always connected digital age is doing little to improve performance for most investors, according to AMP head of investment strategy and chief economist Shane Oliver. Shedding light on the amount ...

Lonsec appoints consultants amid growth plans

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2014
Lonsec Fiscal Holdings (LFH) has announced the appointment of independent consultants to identify future growth opportunities. LFH encompasses a number of entities such as Lonsec Research, Lonsec Stockbroking, SuperRatings, Adviser Network and digital ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2014
... UnitingCare Health Group executive Richard Royle are slated to speak at a CEDA event on innovation and regulation in the digital age in Sydney. WA Macquarie Bank chairman Mark Barnaba, NAB chairman Michael Chaney and Perth Lord Mayor Lisa Scaffidi will ...

Dying in social media: adviser's next big nightmare

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2014
... clients. "They want to access photos that are stored on their deceased family members' social media sites. In this digital age, when many of our photos are stored on social media sites, and nowhere else, it can be distressing to be denied access." As ...