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Asset managers gearing for growth in 2018

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2018
The asset management and wider wealth management industries are confident about growth prospects in 2018 but remain realistic about responding to intense fee pressures, a PwC global survey shows. The majority (87%) of the 126 asset and wealth management ...

NAB launches super virtual assistant

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2018
... innovation Jonathan Davey said the proliferation of voice-activated, hands-free devices such as Siri and Google Home and Amazon's Alexa in the Australian market is reshaping consumer behaviour and expectations. "We live in a world that wants instant ...

Client engagement tool gains ground

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018
The concept of financial wellness is beginning to drown traditional advice models and a new platform is looking to help save advice practices in need of futureproofing. Your Financial Wellness is an online client engagement platform designed to bridge ...

Board appointment at Westpac

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2018
Westpac appointed a former KPMG executive to its board and two committees. Peter Nash, who was a senior partner at KPMG, will serve as an independent non-executive director and a member of the risk and compliance, and audit committees effective March ...

Industry fund creates finance role

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2018
A $9.2 billion industry superannuation fund aims to take its financial reporting to new highs following a senior appointment in its newly-created head of finance role. Joining Vision Super as head of finance is Bryan Collins. Most recently the senior ...

Future Fund manager joins Fidante

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2018
The Future Fund's former debt and alternatives manager has taken on a new role with Fidante Partners. John O'Keeffe joins Fidante as head of boutique strategy and business management. In a statement, Fidante said O'Keeffe will help determine the "strategic ...

Siri and Alexa: The future of banking?

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2018
... proliferation of voice-activated, hands-free devices such as Siri and Google Home and the much anticipated release of Amazon's Alexa to the Australian market this year are reshaping consumer behaviour and expectations. "We live in a world that wants ...

An industry fund vision for retirement comfort

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JAN 2018
A $9.2 billion industry fund is using behavioural economics to fight the Federal Government's inaction on increasing the superannuation guarantee. Vision Super has trialled a program called 'Save more for later' to help employees of Mount Alexander ...

Westpac to welcome new chief risk officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2017
Westpac will farewell its current chief risk officer next year and has named the man to inherit the role. Alexandra Holcomb will retire in 2018 following 21 years at Westpac. For the past three years Holcomb served as chief risk officer and has also ...

Former Attorney General appointed to Dexus board

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2017
A former Australian Attorney General was appointed to the board of Dexus Funds Management following Elizabeth Alexander's decision to not stand for re-election as an independent director. Nicola Roxon, who held the position of Federal Attorney General ...