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CFS knuckles down on managed accounts

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2017
Colonial First State is in the final stages of a major technology enhancement to its FirstWrap platform. Responding to feedback from financial advisers and their clients, CFS engaged global technology provider IRESS to launch a further suite of separately ...

BTFG announces giant Panorama leap

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAR 2017
... include investing in the customer experience - including digital quoting and underwriting; a new wellbeing portal; new life-stage based products; a digital interface with medical professionals; and complete integration with Panorama. He said a focus ...

Crowdfunding legislation gets greenlight

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2017
... $25 million and annual revenues less than $25 million. "This new legislation represents an important step to open up early-stage capital markets, which will ultimately help businesses to grow and therefore create new employment opportunities," FinTech ...

ATO payroll system tracking unpaid super

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2017
... required to report from 1 July 2018. Employers with 19 employees or less are not required to use the STP system at this stage, but the ATO said it will run a pilot for small businesses soon.

Instreet launches VC fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2017
The Instreet Start-Up Fund invests in companies operating in niche markets and provides investors early stage innovation companies (ESIC) tax incentives. It will select five to 10 startups that have the potential to produce high revenue growth, invest ...

Equitise launches group investment platform

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017
... investors. To date, Equitise has more than 16,000 investors in its network, screened over more than 5000 startups and later stage private companies, and facilitated four IPOs.

SSGA wields power on gender equality

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2017
... participation by women was on par with men, a further $28 trillion would be added to annual global GDP by 2025. At this stage though, a quarter of Russell 3000 companies do not have any women on their boards, and almost 60% have below 15% female board ...

Merger creates active management behemoth

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2017
... strength, diversity of customer base and global reach to ensure that the enlarged business can compete effectively on the global stage." It is unknown at this stage how the merger would affect Australian operations for both managers.

MLC Life Insurance upgrades underwriting

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2017
... in our technology and data will enable us to do more than this. We'll be able to ask better questions at the underwriting stage. Instead of focusing on customers' faults, we'll be able to judge risk better by looking at the more positive aspects of their ...

Super to drive employment in 2017

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 MAR 2017
... consistent dividends that grow at attractive rates, often above the level of inflation. McKanna said: "We are at the early stage of markets recognising this, which could explain why we have several listed infrastructure portfolio managers on our books ...