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Hostplus commits further to Australian VC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2017
Hostplus has now invested more than $350 million in Australian venture capital initiatives, having made a significant investment in a seed-stage VC firm recently. Hostplus invested $85 million in Artesian, which provides a pre-screened funnel for more ...

A good set of numbers (almost)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2017
It was good. Nay, it was very good. The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) report on company profits helped explain the latest jump in the NAB survey that showed business conditions increased by 6 points to a reading of +16 in January - the highest ...

Kaplan uses AI to stop adviser social media blunders

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2017
Kaplan Professional entered a partnership to develop a new tool to help advisers create compliant social media content by identifying "risky" language in real-time. Artemis, developed by Kaplan and regtech firm Red Marker, checks compliance issues associated ...

Padua founder takes on new role

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2017
The founder of Padua Financial Group is returning to take on a leadership role at the advice-focused fintech group he co-founded in 2013. Matt Esler is returning as Padua Financial Group's executive chair after co-founding the company in 2013 with his ...

More firepower in Challenger play

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2017
February's flood of half-year reports from listed retail investment managers conveys a critical narrative about the changing nature of wealth product manufacturers and their respective distribution strategies. As investment manager profits remain under ...

DomaCom secures exclusive US distribution partnership

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2017
DomaCom entered into an exclusive distribution agreement with a fellow real estate crowdfunding platform in the US. Three days after the ASX-listed fractional property investment firm announced it had received approval from ASIC to extend its crowdfunding ...

Perpetual hires former Count CEO

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2017
A new group executive will take the reins at Perpetual Investments in April. Before this role, David Lane was chief executive of Count Financial - the wealth management business established by industry luminary Barry Lambert in 1980. Prior to that ...

DomaCom gets ASIC tick for bond crowdfunding

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2017
Fractional property investment firm DomaCom was given ASIC approval to extend its crowdfunding model to securities. DomaCom's Australian financial services licence has been varied so the company can now offer fractional investment in corporate bonds ...

Asset manager profits under pressure

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2017
... super funds collectively the highest "mandate winner" in the 12 months to September 2016. It doesn't help, either, that the art of investment management itself has become more complicated in the past decade. At the Financial Standard Chief Economists ...

Roger the new face of REST Super

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2017
Industry superannuation fund REST is testing the waters of virtual customer service technology with the launch of Roger - an artificial intelligence assistant. The assistant instantly responds to member's super related enquiries online 24/7, and is ...