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Nikko AM hire targets innovation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAR 2017
Following research into the future of product innovation and development, Nikko Asset Management Australia has created a new executive role to drive the firm's product agenda. Hendrie Koster has been appointed as head of product and strategy, with Nikko ...

Good for now worrying for later

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2017
"The February NAB Monthly Business Survey gave back the surprisingly strong gains seen in the previous month..." This was the opening line of the NAB report on business confidence and business conditions for February. How much were given back? Business ...

Instreet launches VC fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2017
The Instreet Start-Up Fund invests in companies operating in niche markets and provides investors early stage innovation companies (ESIC) tax incentives. It will select five to 10 startups that have the potential to produce high revenue growth, invest ...

BT Financial Group wins Life Company of the Year

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017
... Services Team award for its claims division. OnePath won the Term/TPD and Trauma awards; CommInsure won for Risk Product Innovation, Annuity and Income Stream Innovation, and Investment Bond Results; Challenger was crowned winner of the Overall Annuity ...

Former ING DIRECT chief joins P2P lender

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2017
Peer-to-peer lender RateSetter now has the services of a former bank chief executive renowned for driving innovation and competition. Joining the RateSetter Australian board as a non-executive director is former ING DIRECT chief executive Vaughn Rictor. ...

Former QBE chief joins NSW insurance fund

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2017
... was rebranded following the merging of its investment functions with TCorp. Tim Plant joins icare as group executive, innovation - a role which will involve overseeing the implementation of new customer-centric fintech and healthtech strategies, including ...

MLC Life Insurance upgrades underwriting

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2017
... client and adviser feedback was instrumental in the development phase. "Underwriting is an area that has been ripe for innovation in the industry, and we know it is a process that can and should be done better. FastTrack is all about making it simpler ...

Trustee Partners hunts GM

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 MAR 2017
... In September 2016, Trustee Partners hired former Deloitte partner and #FSPower50 member Stephen Huppert as head of innovation. Trustee Partners was launched in 2016 as a consulting division of Tidswell Financial Services, and is aiming to provide an ...

ACBC partners with Praemium

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAR 2017
... Bond Company (ACBC), said offering the SMA model portfolios was another step forward in XTB's commitment to driving innovation within the local fixed income market. "The Yield Plus model portfolio has been developed in direct response to demand from ...

Netwealth dominating platform sector

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAR 2017
... finding of Investment Trends' 2016 Platform Benchmarking and Competitive Analysis Report, highlighting that platform innovation surged in 2016 led largely by netwealth. It ranked first for overall platform functionality and first for transaction tools ...