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Cbus partners for phone-based advice

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2016
... partnering with Midwinter, Cbus will ensure that their members are receiving advice that is being generated using state of the art cloud based technology from a trustworthy provider." Cbus head of advice and retirement Greg Harper also commented, saying ...

Institutions grappling with risk culture

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2016
APRA acknowledges that despite a stronger focus on risk culture, most institutions are grappling to articulate what type of risk culture they aspire to have, let alone how they will address weaknesses. In a paper released yesterday, APRA said the inability ...

Advisers see fintech as tool not threat

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2016
More financial advisers are embracing fintech as a tool to enhance services rather than seeing it as threat to their livelihood. The new report from the Financial Planning Standards Board (FPSB) aims to start a global conversation around the implications ...

CommInsure continues to be investigated

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2016
ASIC is declining to update its position on potential outcomes of the regulator's CommInsure investigation. ASIC is working closely with APRA during its CommInsure investigation and the former said it has obtained about 60,000 documents for consideration. ...

Top tips to kill your advice business

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2016
... they must make strategy part of their job and a process within their business. "Strategy is as much as a process as it is an art. Find time to imagine the possible futures that might come along so you can be prepared for them when they arrive," he said. ...

More poor customer outcomes expected: Narev

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2016
Commonwealth Bank chief executive Ian Narev anticipates there will be more cases of poor customer outcomes as an independent review of the bank continues. Narev told the ongoing parliamentary committee in Canberra yesterday that while CBA has implemented ...

Blue Sky reshuffles directors

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2016
Blue Sky has made two new appointments to its board of directors. Elaine Stead has extensive experience with Blue Sky, having joined in 2013 as head of venture capital; during that time, she launched two venture capital funds and deployed over $80 million ...

Machine learning to revolutionise investing

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2016
Financial advisers are increasingly recognising the benefits of machine learning for investors, according to Man AHL. Encouraged by the rise of big data and evolving technologies, Man says the artificial intelligence solution is developing into a powerful ...

Green light for SMSF family property investment

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2016
An important decision from the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has paved the way for SMSF trustees and members to invest in family property, according to DomaCom. The ATO stated that an investment by an SMSF in by acquiring property held in a DomaCom ...

ASIC bans Deutsche Bank trader

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2016
ASIC permanently banned a former Deutsche Bank FX options and futures trader from providing financial services. Andrew Donaldson of Sydney was banned following an ASIC investigation into Donaldson's conduct in 2013 and 2014, where he entered false entries ...