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RI Advice launches cashflow management tool

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2014
... network of more than 170 advisers, as part of the group's commitment to quality financial advice using technological innovation. "Our aim is to help our advisers broaden their engagement model by providing the right tools to more effectively approach ...

MySuper fees approaching KiwiSaver best practice

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2014
... that includes the NZ Financial Markets Authority; NZ Treasury; the Reserve Bank of NZ; and the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment) it was revealed that the weighted average Total Expense Ratios (TER) for all KiwiSaver funds is 0.92%. The ...

OneVentures Innovation and Growth fund raises $60m

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2014
Australian venture capital firm OneVentures has announced the first close of its Innovation and Growth Fund II after raising $60 million. The fund - which invests in healthcare, education, mobile, media, cloud computing and data, sensors and robotics ...

SelectingSuper fund award finalists announced

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2014
... segments awards for best value-choice, deluxe-choice and premium-choice products. There will also be awards to acknowledge innovation in the superannuation sector as well as a service award for an individual who has made a mark on the superannuation ...

MetLife COO departs, replaced by former TAL exec

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014
... executive Deanne Stewart said of Tez's appointment: "The role signifies the importance MetLife is placing in driving innovation and customer-orientated protection solutions that truly change the way people experience life insurance." Paul Bennet also ...

CBA 'open-minded' about Bitcoin

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014
... in the key roles within the organisation." Narev's comments on Bitcoin were part of a wider focus on technological innovation, which he called a number one priority, and "a matter of life and death." He cited a recent example of CBA's technological innovation ...

Real return funds growing in stature

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014
... less conducive to an ever complex and dynamic investment landscape." While Zenith remains impressed by the degree of innovation across this category, it also highlighted that there exist strategies that have relatively short performance track records ...

Unexpected impact of tech on US monetary policy

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
Innovation and new technologies are having a profound impact on the global recovery, helping to ease inflationary pressure and easing the pressure on the Federal Reserve to tighten monetary policy. That was one conclusion reached by 85 BlackRock investment ...

Innovation to drive 2014 AFA Conference

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
... National Conference is looking into the industry's post-FoFA future and focusing this year's event on the theme of innovation. With the regulatory environment all but finalised, the tagline for the conference this year is "Innovate: Think. Create. Act." ...

Extend MySuper to retirement: ASFA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2014
... designed for the whole of life, incorporating accumulation and retirement, if there is to be stability and product innovation, according to the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). In its submission to the government's review of retirement ...