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UK has overtaken Australia for platform innovation: Bravura

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014
Wealth platforms in the United Kingdom have leap-frogged Australian platforms because investor experience and utility is their differentiator, not the underlying technology itself. Darren Stevens, director of strategy at technology group Bravura Solutions ...

FSI zeroes in on vertical advice and retirement income

LAURA MILLAN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... maintaining the relatively unregulated status quo, but introducing legislation to allow for more retirement product innovation. It considered the benefits of deferred lifetime annuities, group self-annuitisation, and the possibility of the government ...

Sustaining confidence in the Australian financial system: Murray

DAVID MURRAY  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... under-developed and does not meet the needs of many retirees to manage longevity risk. We think there is an opportunity for innovation to deliver better outcomes for retirees and better meet the needs of an ageing population. There is, however, a deeper ...

Retirement innovation deadlock continues

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2014
... products as an alternative to the account-based pension show no signs of lifting, despite industry consensus that such innovation is necessary. MetLife's recent decision to drop its hybrid annuity-style product, MetLife Max, after just a month on the ...

2014 MAX Award Winners and Finalists

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014

AdviserEdge Gold Coast kicks off on 17 August

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014
... increased the interactive options this year. There will be a live website build and more concurrent streams focussing on innovation and technology. Early bird tickets are available now, and will see you get a 15% discount up until 30 June. Click on this ...

Financial services falling behind in online transactions

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014
... according to data released this week by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The report -- Summary of IT Use and Innovation in Australian Business 2012-13 -- reveals that despite the rapid changes in the financial sector, including the development ...

Former Macquarie exec to head IRESS division

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2014
... international and local experience. The breadth and depth of this experience, including in financial services product innovation and technology-enabled, customer-focused roles, makes him ideally suited to this position and will bring an invaluable perspective ...

Industry marketing leaders receive top MAX Awards

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2014
... edition included two new categories, Best Agency of the Year (awarded to independent advertising agency Banjo) and Best Innovation Campaign of the Year, which was awarded to State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) campaign Retirement Lifestyle Solutions. ...

CBA names new CIO

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2014
... his technology and operations teams will build on the Group's extensive investments in technology to ensure on-going innovation for our customers, and continuing productivity, reliability and security."