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Government fintech agenda spotlights microbanking

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
The Federal Government will open the doors to disruption in the banking sector as part of changes to its revised fintech investment agenda. The 2017-18 Budget includes provisions for newer entrants into the banking industry, including the relaxing the ...

Asia-Pacific needs more retirement income specialists: Milliman

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... said. "Globally, there is a greater push towards 'fee-for-service' advice models, as seen in the UK, Australia Canada, and the USA. Unfortunately, for large segments of the population, fixed advice fees or fees levied as a percentage of assets managed ...

Infratil sells $237m aged care stake to investment bank

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
... positions in retirement living, renewable energy, data centres and social infrastructure throughout Australia, New Zealand and the USA, the strength of the internal development pipeline has increased considerably, as has the value of future options." ...

Mobile education drives advice professionalism

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2017
Financial advisers looking to increase their level of education in the face of the professional standards legislation can now do so through a joint venture between knowITdigital and vocational education provider Monarch Institute. Users of knowITdigital's ...

ETFs attracting insto appetites: VanEck

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2017
New research from VanEck suggests Australian institutional investors will likely be ramping up their allocations to exchange-traded funds. More than half (55%) of institutions surveyed currently use ETFs; 56% indicated they would be increasing this ...

Panorama fortifies BTFG adviser market

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2017
BT Financial Group's mammoth financial outlay in upgrading its wealth management platform will generate cost savings of $100 million per year with benefits for financial advisers and investors. BTFG head of product development Anil Sagaram said it's ...

ETFs are coming-of-age

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017
It took Australian exchange traded funds 10 years to reach $15 billion in assets under management, but only two to reach $25 billion. With the industry projected to hit $30 to 33 billion in assets under management, alongside a stream of new products ...

Instos unclear about ETF value

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAR 2017
Australian institutional investors are in the middle of an education process when it comes to figuring out what an ETF is, how it works, and how it will benefit them, iShares head of fixed income strategy Matthew Tucker said. Retail and wealth investors ...

Passive is a Faustian bargain: Ariel CIO

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAR 2017
... involves "timing the market." "We'd argue that the massive changes afoot in political and economic regimes, from the UK to the USA, play into the hands of active managers," she said. "Outperformance of each approach is cyclical, not secular. Studies ...

ING partners for fraud prevention

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2017
ING is joining with a global risk management software provider to upgrade its fraud detection and prevention facilities. The move occurs ahead of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) launching the New Payments Platform, which will allow real-time transactions ...