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Grant Thornton affirms indigenous commitment with new partner

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2017
Diversified advisory and wealth management firm Grant Thornton Australia is furthering its commitment to the indigenous business community with the appointment of a partner to its Cairns office. Former registrar of indigenous corporations Anthony Beven ...

AMP introduces facial recognition for mobile clients

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017
... to become more widespread in financial services if developments in the US life insurance market are anything to go by. A North Carolina technology firm, Lapetus Life Event Solutions, recently developed CHRONOS, an end-to-end underwriting platform that ...

Xero consolidates stock exchange listings

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2017
... Zealand, 80% of our revenue now comes from outside New Zealand. Our strategy is to drive further growth in markets like the UK, North America, and Southeast Asia," he said. Gaining enhanced access to deeper capital markets, increased liquidity and a ...

Northern Trust grows APAC team with Sydney hire

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2017
A former general manager for the ASX's clearing services is joining Northern Trust as its lead for market advocacy and innovation research across the Asia-Pacific region. Joining Northern Trust's Sydney office as a senior vice president is Danielle ...

Oil's gift to central bankers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2017
... still developing and the latest oil price surge could be merely a knee-jerk reaction but if the oil price continues to head north, it could be just the thing that makes central banks' wishes come true. That wish of course, is for higher inflation. And ...

Westpac sells $12bn asset manager

ALEX BURKE, DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2017
Westpac has entered into an agreement with a UK firm to sell its infrastructure manager subsidiary. Subject to due diligence and regulatory approvals, Northill will acquire Hastings Funds Management. The terms of the agreement are currently confidential. ...

Synchron hires new state manager from AMP

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 31 OCT 2017
Financial advice dealer group Synchron has appointed a new state manager for South Australia and the Northern Territory. Chris Regenass joins Synchron from AMP, where he was head of financial planning for the same region. He has held multiple positions ...

XTB expands retail offering, launches responsible SMA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2017
... structure," Martin said. XTB also has two SMAs on Praemium platforms and Macquarie's Investment Wrap; and are available on AMP North Super and Allocated Pension.

Enter the dragon

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2017
... events a-plenty last week for speculators and investors to digest for guidance on what lies ahead. There's the lingering North Korean nuclear threat - although this has barely made it to headlines over the past week; there's Brexit and reports that the ...

Platinum expands North American footprint

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2017
... managers and investors, was selected based on its client relationships and ability to market absolute return services to a North American client base, the company said. Platinum chief executive Kerr Neilson said appointing AccessAlpha is the next step ...