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Insurtech associations form global alliance

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2018
... past two years with major regional innovation hubs taking shape in both China and Singapore. "We recognise that the true power of insurtech is in collaboration and the best innovations will scale across our ecosystems to transform global insurance industry. ...

Australia's wealth gap deepens: Oxfam

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2018
Australian billionaires amassed a $115.4 billion fortune in FY17, representing a 140% jump since the Global Financial Crisis, according to an Oxfam analysis. The Oxfam Growing Gulf Between Work and Wealth paper found Australia's richest 1% had more ...

Commonwealth Bank launches chatbot banker

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2018
Commonwealth Bank customers can now complete more than 200 banking tasks using a newly-launched chatbot. Leveraging artificial intelligence, the bank has launched Ceba, a 24/7 chatbot capable of recognising about 60,000 variations of questions regarding ...

Mercer increases Japanese footprint via acquisition

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2018
Mercer is expanding its reach in the Japanese asset management market, acquiring a $7.4 million multi-manager. Mercer has entered an agreement to purchase BFC Asset Management, an independently-owned firm focused on providing alternative investment ...

Principal and CIMB strengthen asset management ties

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2018
... bring our global asset management expertise and experience to bear while still leveraging the multi-channel distribution power of CIMB to continue to serve our customers," Borda said. The transaction is expected to complete in the second quarter of 2018 ...

Marriage equality and the estate plan

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 JAN 2018
Australian same-sex couples can legally marry from today and financial advisers are being reminded of the estate planning challenges this historic occasion may trigger for clients. While the ability to legally wed brings considerable benefits as a result ...

Powerwrap, OneVue vets join MGP

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 1 JAN 2018
Managed Account Holdings is welcoming a former Powerwrap sales lead and a former head of compliance from OneVue as it continues to capitalise on its acquisition of Linear. Richard Carr has joined MGP as a business development manager to aid the growth ...

Financial Standard's top stories of 2017

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017
What were Financial Standard subscribers reading in 2017? Check out the most click-worthy stories of this year. The biggest stories of 2017 spanned new super funds, major strategic partnerships, landmark ASIC investigations, long-serving industry executives ...

2018 Financial Standard Investment Leadership Awards

JOHN DYALL  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017
The 2018 Financial Standard Investment Leadership Awards recognise investment strategies that showcase all the qualities investors are looking for in an investment manager in an evidence-based and transparent way. Investment leadership is not only about ...

Power to join Colonial First State

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 21 DEC 2017
BT Financial Group's Kelly Power will move into a new role at Colonial First State. Currently serving as head of platforms, Power - whose resignation from BT was first reported by Financial Standard on Tuesday - will join the wealth management group ...