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ANZ reshuffles leadership team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2019
... private banking Mark Hand has been appointed group executive retail and commercial banking. Meanwhile, group executive digital banking Maile Carnegie will take on the expanded role of group executive digital and Australia transformation. The moves follow ...

Local fintech investment soars

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2019
Australia's fintech industry is catching the interest of international investors and raked in US$600 million of funding last year, according to KPMG analysis. KPMG's 2018 Pulse of Fintech report showed Australian-based Avoka and its sale to ...

Digital advice platform opens Sydney office

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2019
A provider of automated investment solutions is opening an Australian office to meet the growing demand for digital financial advice. With a newly established office in Sydney, Quantifeed will leverage local software engineering talent to grow its offering. ...

Class appoints chief executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2019
... director and chief executive in early May 2019. He was most recently executive general manager of financial services of digital media REA Group, which operates 20 brands including realestate.com.au and flatmates.com.au. Prior to REA, Russell was general ...

J.P. Morgan introduces digital currency for instos

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2019
J.P. Morgan is launching its own digital currency to harness the benefits offered by blockchain. The largest bank in the US is getting ready to roll out JPM Coin, representative of a fiat currency and designed to make instantaneous payments between ...

Perfect storm smashes AMP

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2019
... consolidate some of the fringes." De Ferrari said more Australians would access AMP's advice capabilities through digital tools, instead of face-to-face advice, but hesitated to call the solution robo-advice. "While I see in the local market the ...

Former super fund executive joins fintech

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2019
Digital financial literacy company Money101 started 2019 with the appointment of its new chief executive. Money101 has welcomed Theresa Mills in the top role. She currently sits on the Federal Government's Financial Literacy Board and is a former executive ...

Former Morgan Stanley chief to join Westpac board

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2019
... career to date means that, amongst other capabilities, she will bring valuable insights about how businesses can respond to digital disruption," "Steve is a career banker with extensive investment banking and financial services experience."

OPINION: Post RC, where to now for retail super?

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
... superannuation value propositions. In response we should see electrified activity in managed accounts, robo-advice and anything digital. The decision by several big wealth groups to divest their distribution has thus been vindicated. The only proviso ...

Vertical integration changes to reshape personal wealth

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2019
... and sold their own products. Then, they added complementary partner products, such as insurance, to their stable. "The digital age brought in new non-bank players and partnerships, white labelling and co-creation. Now, as banks become open platform businesses ...