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Innovators must cooperate: Stone and Chalk

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2018
Fintech incubator Stone and Chalk has launched a national program designed to encourage cooperation between innovators based in its Sydney and Melbourne hubs. The new national program will close down operational silos and increase access to investors ...

Fossil fuelled Ireland to divest for climate change

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2018
The Republic of Ireland looks set to become the world's first country to divest from fossil fuels. On July 12 lawmakers in the nation's Dail Eireann - the lower house of parliament - passed a bill requiring the Irish government to sell off any interests ...

Praemium FUA surpasses $8bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2018
Praemium's funds under administration surpassed $8 billion thanks to a bumper June 2018 quarter of key client wins. FUA shot up 35% compared to the prior corresponding period, with about $566 million of inflows coming in from Australian business. ...

Chief economist update: Weak wages a puzzle, could become a problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2018
"I think the economy's in a really good place. As I mentioned, unemployment is now 4%... which is the lowest it's been in 20 years. The other thing that's good that's been happening is for five years we've seen people coming back ...

Chief economist update: Rate hike hawks in RBA dove's shadow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2018
They're no mere mortals, they're three of the 10 highly-qualified and esteemed experts at the Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis (CAMA) that currently sits as the CAMA RBA Shadow Board. They are Doctors Mark Crosby, Warwick McKibbin and ...

Software provider wins European asset management mandate

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2018
A European asset management giant has signed a long-term contract with an ASX-listed wealth management and funds administration software provider. Legal and General Unit Trust Mangers (UTM), has signed a long-term contract with Bravura Solutions, with ...

Aussie HNWI population grows: Capgemini

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2018
Latest research from digital consultant Capgemini shows Australia's high-net-worth individual (HNWI) population is growing, with more than 20,000 Aussies joining the fold in 2017. According to Capgemini's 2018 World Wealth Report, Australia's HNWI population ...

Chief economist update: Another five minutes of sunshine?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2018
Australians all, let us rejoice! Our economy is in pole position. The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) National Accounts report showed the economy expanded by 3.1% in the year to the March quarter, accelerating from the 2.4% in the previous ...

Netwealth boosts class action involvement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2018
In its latest round of platform enhancements, Netwealth has added the ability for investors to participate in class actions. As of this month, Netwealth has made available information on open class actions within the platform's Corporate Actions ...

$26 billion real estate group shuffles portfolio

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2018
Vicinity Centres is offloading about $1 billion of sub-regional and neighbourhood shopping centres, with a view to reinvest in opportunities that create better value for security holders. The recent portfolio reshuffle builds on the ASX-listed real ...