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Xero inking partnership for real-time PI insurance

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2015
Cloud-based accounting software company Xero is in talks with an insurer to provide data feeds to facilitate real-time professional indemnity insurance cover. Speaking to Financial Standard, Xero managing director Chris Ridd said that the real-time ...

Magellan doubles profit, boosts FUM

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
Magellan Financial Group reported a 110% increase in net profit for the year to 30 June 2015 mainly thanks to double digit returns in all of its funds. "The largest contributor to funds under management during the past was actually investment performance. ...

ASX builds fund supermarket

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2015
The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) openly says one of its strategic priorities is to continue to build out an investment supermarket. Already among the supermarket aisles are about 380 fund products with more than $200 billion in market capitalisation ...

Water, water everywhere

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015
Super Thursday. This is the term coined for the Bank of England's (BOE) data dump - announcing the monetary policy committee's (MPC) decision on interest rates, the MPC meeting minutes that led to the decision and the quarterly inflation report all ...

Apogee partners with CoreData to improve client experience

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2015
NAB-aligned licensee Apogee Financial Planning has partnered with CoreData to survey client experience across all of its advice practices, new general manager Brendan Johnson said. Speaking to Financial Standard, Johnson explained that working with ...

BGL adds 280 wraps to SMSF software

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015
Australian SMSF software provider BGL Corporate Solutions has secured two major additions to its Simple Fund 360 program. BGL has partnered with InvestmentLink to provide data for an additional 280 wraps and platforms, bringing the total number of data ...

Financial advice is a boring game

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2015
Approached as a game, financial advice is boring and unappealing for prospective clients, argued PortfolioConstruction Forum chief finology officer Dr. David Lazenby. Speaking at the 2015 Association of Financial Advisers National Roadshow in Sydney ...

NZ looks to Trowbridge for life reforms

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2015
New Zealand's Financial Services Council (FSC) has commissioned a report on life insurance advice, with Life Insurance and Advice Working Group chair John Trowbridge selected as an adviser for the project. Consulting actuaries Melville Jessup Weaver ...

FEATURE: Alternatives - Taking the plunge

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2015
Declining bond yields, an uncertain equities landscape and an appetite for diversification are driving institutions towards alternative assets. Alex Burke investigates whether this is the right idea. When Perpetual acting general manager for regulated ...

Power in super advertising

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2015
Capturing an audience in the superannuation industry remains a challenge and in recent months several funds have rolled out new marketing campaigns to attract the biggest possible market. The question is, which Australians are paying attention? Breakfast ...