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TelstraSuper commits to innovation

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2017
TelstraSuper is betting on disruptive technology being developed at Australian and global universities after partnering with intellectual property commercialisation company IP Group. Australia's largest corporate superannuation fund has placed $35 million ...

ASIC cancels AFSL, bans former executives and fund managers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2017
The AFSL of an international foreign exchange brokerage service provider was cancelled by ASIC for non-compliance. The Australian arm of Gallop International was found to have repeatedly failed to comply with the conditions of its licence and its obligations ...

MLC launches claims processing platform

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2017
MLC Life Insurance launched a platform that it believes will process claims more efficiently. The life insurer has partnered with global claim management software provider ClaimVantage in an attempt to make claims quicker and simpler. MLC Life Insurance ...

Qualitas launches fund, adds two directors

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2017
Real estate investment management firm Qualitas hired two new executives to help launch a $500 million construction fund. Mark Power and Gil Norwood both join as directors and will help manage the fund that will finance residential and commercial development ...

Super funds adopting insurers' investment strategies

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2017
Superannuation funds are at risk of losing up to $800 billion during retirement phase over the next five years if they rely on benchmark-outperforming strategies proven to be successful only during accumulation phase. AXA Investment Managers director ...

Professional financial advice outpacing self-directed

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2017
An overwhelming number of retail investors are turning to financial advice rather than single-handedly making investment decisions on their own. About half (45%) of 4000 investors are using financial planners purely to help manage financial risks, while ...

Pathway offers virtual workspace for advisers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2017
Netwealth's licensee services subsidiary Pathway has partnered to provide advisers with access to a digital workspace where they can interact with clients. Teaming up with Suitebox, an enhancement to Pathway's XPLAN Model Office service will enable ...

Three steps and yields stumble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2017
"Three steps and a stumble" is an old market adage that foretells of a drop in the US equity market after the Fed's third interest rate hike. This is turning out to be a doozy so far - the Fed already completed rate hike number three on 15 March 2016 ...

AZ NGA edges on $5bn with next acquisition

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2017
AZ Next Generation Advisory's acquisition of a Cairns-based financial advice practice brings the firm's total assets under management to about $5 billion. The binding purchase agreement with Menico Tuck Parrish Financial Services (MTPFS), established ...

Federal Budget is a Ginger Spice

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2017
The Government has handed down a "Ginger Spice" rather than a "Scary Spice" of Budgets this year, according to IOOF head of technical services Martin Breckon. Explaining himself, Breckon said the Budget appeared to be designed to avoid any comparisons ...