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Decimal appoints chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2018
... chairman Mark Potts cited Watkins' experience and technical knowledge of the sectors as key reasons behind his appointment. "Digital advice is continuing to evolve, and it is clear the market requires greater levels of industry expertise to support clients ...

Private wealth platform appoints ASX-listed corporate adviser

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2018
A blockchain-based private wealth platform that created China's first robo-advice solution appointed an ASX-listed corporate advisory firm for its initial coin offering (ICO). Bankorus, which now advises more than 200,000 high-net-worth investors representing ...

Crypto assets rewrite estate planning

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2018
Complex cryptocurrency assets are driving financial advisers to reconsider their clients' digital lives and the impact this has on estate planning. Australian Unity Trustees national manager, estate planning, Anna Hacker describes cryptocurrency as ...

Private equity firm sells Bravura stake

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018
... funeral bonds. Foresters recently embarked on a new phase of innovation and growth, and will use Garradin to enhance its digital capabilities for members and its funeral director networks. Bravura Solutions chief operating officer for APAC Jon Alder ...

NPP to take super by storm: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2018
... own mobile payments wallet after the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) denied them access to Apple's digital payment technology, Apple Pay, in March last year. This access would have enabled the banks to offer their own integrated ...

Senior RBA figure joins life insurer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2018
... leadership team in the new position of chief innovation and transformation officer. Girn will lead the insurer's $400 million digital transformation, first flagged when Japanese insurance giant Nippon Life acquired 80% of the company in late 2015. Girn ...

SMSF trustees warned on non-compliant crypto

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2018
... Act 1993. Pleash said the cryptocurrency boom over the last 12 months has seen a number of SMSF trustees register with digital currency exchanges such as CoinSpot and Coinbase which only allow users to sign up in their own name. "In many cases, corporate ...

Decimal announces key super fund contracts

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2018
Digital financial advice provider Decimal has renewed its partnership with a $72 billion industry superannuation fund; rolled out its Eqilize solution at an $8 billion industry fund; and signed a pilot contract with a "major diversified bank." The ASX-listed ...

2018: The year of scaled advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2018
... stages. We have invested in our service model for this reason - opening more financial planning offices and broadening our digital and online support." UniSuper now has $10 billion in members' funds under advice. Recent Roy Morgan data shows UniSuper ...

YBR's wealth arm gaining ground

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2018
Yellow Brick Road's (YBR) wealth business and its digital advice strategies have helped boost the firm's 1H18 performance. In the six months to December, the wealth business reported a 7% increase in revenue to $6.5 million on the prior year. YBR's ...