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Robo-advisers a hard pill to swallow for Aussie investors: CFA

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2018
... likely to trust recommendations from a human financial planner more than those made by a robo-adviser. Only 3% thought digital financial advice is more trustworthy than humans. About 16% pegged trustworthiness at the same level. The Institute surveyed ...

DigitalX launches crypto-heavy fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2018
... managing director Leigh Travers said. Former Ellerston Capital portfolio manager Tim Davies has been appointed as the head of digital investments and will also act as portfolio manager to the fund. The newly-formed DigitalX Funds Management business ...

CommInsure, OnePath enhance digital experience

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2018
... MLC Life partnered with UnderwriteMe in July 2017 as part of a wider $400 million strategy to overhaul and innovate its digital offering. CommInsure head of life distribution Olivia Sarah-Le Lacheur said the UnderwriteMe platform is the ideal for CommInsure ...

AustralianSuper boosts digital capabilities for engagement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2018
... launched chatbot and new in-app messaging capability. Having launched in December 2017, AustralianSuper's partnership with digital messaging solution provider LivePerson has seen more than 50,000 exchanges via in-app messaging between the fund and its ...

WAM Capital founding director resigns

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018
... Rogers and is a lecturer at the Faculty of Law at UTS. She is also an industry advisory board member at the Australian Digital Currency Association and deputy chair of the Australian Computer Society's blockchain technical committee. "The board is delighted ...

New super fund joins forces with GBST

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2018
GBST is partnering with a start-up online super fund to provide a digital on-boarding service for prospective members. Superestate, which launched in March by Olympic medalist Grant Brits and is issued by Tidswell Financial Services, is designed to ...

Incumbents can innovate or separate: AltFi Summit

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2018
... April 2018. It will host speakers from across the region's financial services sector including alternative lending firms, digital banks, industry influencers and regulatory representatives. Event owner Glenn Hodgeman said uniting at the summit will be ...

Link Advice chief departs in business restructure

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2018
... executive Suzanne Holden added: "Link is very excited about the future of our advice business." "Bringing our market leading digital advice capabilities together with our experience and expertise in telephone and face to face advice, we are well positioned ...

PwC urges super trustees to fast-track GDPR compliance

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2018
... use it as an opportunity to engage with members on privacy protection, and build or maintain trust in an increasingly digital world. "This is an ideal time to review how your fund manages its information (and manages itself) to take stock of its key ...

IRESS acquires digital advice compliance business

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2018
... towards becoming a 100% digitally enabled business," IRESS superannuation general manager Jeff Hall said. "In this case digital technology is an enabler and can innovate the modern super fund environment, whilst still providing exceptional face-to-face ...