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Affordable advice outsourcing at the ready

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2018
... DBA already has a strong technology focus. They are a Microsoft partner and provide technology outsourcing services into the USA," Handley said. "As well as the need to support our own software, we frequently engage in conversations with our customers ...

AustralianSuper appoints Europe head of investments

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2018
... its program of investment internalisation. With a large amount of capital deployed in markets and assets in Europe and the USA it is vital that AustralianSuper has a local presence so that we can ensure we are getting the best possible outcomes for members," ...

Chief economist update: Plotting the dots

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2018
... markets behave when disappointed...they throw a tantrum. There'll be speculations a-plenty as to what has gone wrong with USA Inc. that it prompted the Powell & Co to delay, defer or suspend doing what they telegraphed they would do. However, though ...

AdviserLogic signs with global risk profiling giant

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2018
... with London School of Economics academics. Its risk tolerance solutions have been integrated with financial software in the USA and UK. "We are working on several other integrations which we will be announcing shortly," FinaMetrica's Resnik said.

Grant Thornton adds financial services partner

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2018
... Financial Group, CSC, GE Capital, National Australia Bank, and Westpac. His experience covers a range of industries in Australia, USA, South Korea and New Zealand, in all areas of technology advisory, from IT strategy to digital transformation, application ...

Chief economist update: Red light on greenback

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2018
... weaker dollar is good for us as it relates to trade and opportunities." Obviously! Imagine all those cheaper "Made in the USA" products and services the rest of the world would be spending their upwardly revised growth on. Year-to-date, the greenback ...

EY issues ICO theft warning

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2018
Investors have lost about US$400 million in the initial coin offering (ICO) market due to theft and cyberattacks, a new EY report shows. EY studied 372 ICO projects globally in 2017 that raised US$3.7 billion in funds - twice the volume of venture capital ...

Aussie fintech usage surges

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017
The rate Australia is adopting fintech services has almost tripled in the last 18 months, making it one of the top countries in the world with a sizable demand for new financial services technology. Australia's uptake rate (37%) sat above the global ...

Former Crestone CIO joins Aberdeen Leaders

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2017
... analyst at Denali Asset Management. He has also held roles at Macquarie Capital Investment Management, Macquarie Securities USA and InvestorInfo. As previously reported in Financial Standard, Sokulsky's appointment follows ALR deciding to internalise ...

Prime accounts called into question by auditor

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2017
Listed wealth and accounting firm Prime Financial Group's directors said they were "deeply disappointed" that the group's independent auditor was unable to provide an opinion of Prime's annual report due to insufficient audit evidence. William Buck ...