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Industry funds adopt robo-advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2017
... members receive convenient financial advice, allowing them to take those important first steps to help achieve financial freedom in retirement. GuildSuper and Child Care Super are part of the Guild Retirement Fund, which collectively has $1.6 billion ...

Myprosperity partners with $6.2bn platform

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2017
... development Jason Entwistle said by opening up the HUB24 platform and sharing data, it provides advisers and accountants the freedom to choose the technology solutions that provide the best experience for them and their clients. Former Xero Australia ...

Industry fund restructures, hires for member engagement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2017
... returns." Magee and her team will be focused on coaching as many of Equip's members as possible towards the financial freedom they aspire to in retirement, he said. Magee joined Equip in 2008 as a senior financial planner, becoming manager of its financial ...

Financial services employees want digital strategy input: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2017
... more important to frontline workers. "They'll use technology to collaborate, to exercise greater creative and strategic freedom, and to bring real value to the work they perform," Heard said. Organisations that engage first-line workers in digital transformation ...

Freedom Insurance sells stake in NobleOak

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017
Life insurance distributor Freedom Insurance Group is selling a stake in its issuer NobleOak Life after finalising a $7 million sale of its non-core investment in the company. The original investment was made in conjunction with the arrangement for ...

Freedom Insurance flags acquisition

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2017
On the back of reporting strong FY17 results, Freedom Insurance Group announced it is looking to strengthen its position in the life insurance market by expanding into new products and potential acquisitions. The life insurance products developer and ...

Advice key to living the dream

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2017
... Australians now attribute to 'living the dream' are linked to personal finance, with 54% believing it means having financial freedom and independence. A low bank balance was highlighted as the number one factor preventing more Australians from 'living ...

Industry fund makes social impact investment

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2017
... have any institutional routines - residents will be allowed to wake up and move about their day in their own time and in freedom. If they want to make themselves a piece of toast in the middle of the night, they can do that." Construction is planned ...

Hunter Hall funds and LIC receive makeover

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2017
... strategy and processes of the Pengana International Equities Fund (PIEF), employing a 'benchmark-unaware' strategy with freedom to invest across all international equity markets and company sizes and focused on investing in growing businesses at reasonable ...

The case for internal investment teams

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 24 APR 2017
... in house to single digit basis points." According to Brindle, one of the most compelling reasons to go in-house is the freedom it gives funds to make long term investing decisions. Unlike commercial asset managers who rely heavily on monthly investment ...