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Chi-X appoints Australia chief from Deutsche Bank

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2017
... in the development and growth of Australian capital and investment markets." He added: "By bringing competition and innovation to the Australian financial landscape, Chi-X has delivered substantial benefits to investors and traders in Australian equities. ...

Technology and mergers threaten insurers

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2017
... which canvassed 50 leaders from the life, medical and general insurance sector. Incumbents are facing the pressures of innovation, expressing uncertainty about how to best do this, particularly as local and global insurtechs enter the Australian market ...

Retirement income innovation severely lacking

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2017
... try harder and take a longer-term perspective when building these solutions. "The past 25 years have all been about innovation in accumulation, the next 25 is all going to be about decumulation. The industry needs to start talking about risks other than ...

Stone and Chalk partners for new Melbourne hub

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 24 JUL 2017
... community." Stone & Chalk Melbourne will be housed alongside SproutX, Australian's national agricultural technology innovation hub, and offer 60 desks for fintech startups. The hub will also run a series of programs and partnerships to develop the local ...

Two appointments for BTFG life business

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 JUL 2017
BT Financial Group made two executive hires for its life insurance business. Kim Cohen will drive product innovation and customer-focused solutions as the life insurance business' head of product. Cohen joined BTFG in 2008 as a life pricing actuarial ...

Xero seeks global growth, director steps down

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUL 2017
... financial web." Partnering with more than 140 financial and fintech organisations, Xero will seek to collaborate on innovation and data share standards, adding resources to its global team and building relationships with financial institutions including ...

Adviser models replacing product focus with customers

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2017
... growing popularity of self-managed superannuation funds, he said. What McCulloch is seeing in the early stages of adviser innovation is bespoke models that are now evolving toward becoming larger scale enterprise solutions. The bar set for automated ...

Fintechs pose disintermediation threat: CFA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2017
... highest potential to disintermediate the financial services industry. CFA Society Sydney president Anthony Serhan said innovation in these areas will likely disrupt financial institutions together with artificial intelligence, big data and cyber security ...

Quantifeed launches portfolio for car lovers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 10 JUL 2017
... portfolio bring different skills to the table. The tech companies supply computing power, connectivity, integration, innovation and artificial intelligence that have found use in other domains and are now being transferred to the automotive industry." ...

Blue Sky wins $50m venture capital mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2017
... delighted to have been appointed by the South Australian Government to manage this long-term, $50 million commitment to innovation," Blue Sky head of venture capital Elaine Stead said. "Blue Sky has a long history of partnering with South Australian ...