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Investment managers turning to hungry retail market

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 24 JUL 2017
... retail investors will now have access to the CI Global Equities Fund and CI Global Equities Fund (unhedged) through platforms. In order to further its distribution efforts, the manager also appointed former K2 Asset Management distribution head Andrew ...

Government paves the way for open banking

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2017
... Fintechs, including micro-investing application Acorns, often rely on customer data gathered from open banking-APIs platforms to populate their data bases and increase personalised customer service. "Australia's fintech industry will not be able to grow ...

New super product for investment savvy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2017
... uXchange, a managed funds transaction exchange that provides financial advisers with an alternative to traditional wrap platforms and mFunds. The platform offers access to a range of registered domestic and global funds, which are selected on dealer ...

CFS reaches out to advisers via FirstTech app

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2017
... on superannuation, tax, social security and aged care. The app will be made available free to all advisers using CFS platforms, in versions for both Apple and Andriod devices. Colonial First State executive manager Craig Day said the app's navigation ...

Tech providers fall behind increased planner needs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUL 2017
... Insights from the Investment Trends Planner Technology Report show 75% of financial planners would consider switching platforms, either for lower administration fees (47%) or the benefit of a wider feature set (28%). Among those tempted by lower fees ...

Fintechs pose disintermediation threat: CFA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2017
... from the CFA Institute told Financial Standard it will also include coverage of cryptocurrencies and automated retail platforms. The New Fintech 2017 report also found while technological innovation is a strongpoint for fintechs, a lack of experience ...

Advisers backing fractional property investment

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 10 JUL 2017
... vote of unit holders. Investors can also place their units for sale at any time online. "Increasing our footprint on platforms is validation that our fractional property fund is gaining wider acceptance and a place in portfolio construction that can ...

Ohanessian vindicated by record Praemium inflows

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2017
... "tangible validation of our underlying growth strategy." In Q2 2017, Praemium achieved inflows of $554 million across all platforms and funds, comprising $364 million from Australia and $190 million from overseas. This drove Praemium's total funds under ...

Macrovue appoints former Arena MD

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2017
... are looking to move away from high fees and the lack of transparency and control of managed funds and administration platforms. We will also soon be offering domestic portfolios so that clients can get access to a broad range of choices to suit their ...

Optimo introduces robo platform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUL 2017
... niche for advisers whose clients are skeptical of the quality of advice offered to them by banks and other robo-advice platforms, whose focus is directing their clients into products." Bannister added that the tool, which has been continuously developed ...