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Senior RBA figure joins life insurer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2018
... Life in a newly created executive role. Sarv Girn will join MLC Life's leadership team in the new position of chief innovation and transformation officer. Girn will lead the insurer's $400 million digital transformation, first flagged when Japanese insurance ...

Fintech incubator and law firm align

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2018
... really helped drive and become the centre of gravity for fintech in Australia. With its leading fintech start-ups, innovation marketplace and corporate innovation programs, Stone & Chalk is the ideal partner for Hall & Wilcox," Hall & Wilcox chief operating ...

Guinness Asset Management wins global equities mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2018
... Guinness chief executive Tim Guinness added: "We are delighted that Alpha decided to invest with us, we think our focus on Innovation and equally weighted concentrated portfolios appealed to Alpha." In January, Alpha Fund Managers made an allocation ...

Class recruits data manager

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2018
... operations manager is Tom Sargent. Sargent joins after 12 months with WealthO2. Sargent has been appointed to drive innovation and growth in the delivery of data feeds to financial advisers, accountants, administrators and their clients. Prior to joining ...

Lennox launches micro-cap fund

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2018
... significant opportunities available if you're willing to do the work." "That could be structural change such as technological innovation; it could be cyclical change within an economy; or company specific change. We believe that the information that ...

Reskilling: A worthy purpose for super?

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2018
... chancellor Phillip Dolan said while Australia's ageing population has the potential to cause labour shortages, technological innovation will leave scores of people out of work and in need of reskilling. He said the ability for people who do lose their ...

SMSF Association names new chair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2018
... and research, Ralston is widely published in the areas of superannuation, financial regulation and digital finance innovation. The association was delighted when Ralston accepted the invitation to join the board, and her contributions since have been ...

SMSF administrator creates lead data role

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2018
... industry. "Data is a critical topic in financial services and there are opportunities being created through technological innovation," she said. "Addressing how to harness the power of data will be a catalyst for change, enabling Heffron to better support ...

Praemium enhances digital offering

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2018
... already offers advisers increased efficiency through market-leading reporting and performance analytics, adopting this innovation will further improve efficiency and reduce costs by speeding up the application and on-boarding process for advisers and ...

Open banking regime to boost advice

DARREN SNYDER, KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2018
... technology expert and principal financial adviser at AP Financial Solutions, Adrian Patty, says open banking will improve innovation and the delivery of new technologies, and in turn, allow advisers to deliver greater value. Already partnering with fintech ...