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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 ...

NAB's Redpoint wins industry fund mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2015
NAB partner Redpoint Investment Management has been awarded a mandate with an industry super fund. Intrust Super chief executive Brendan O'Farrell said the new relationship with Redpoint will be "central to the ongoing success of our investment strategy. ...

GBST wealth management performance drives 52% profit boost

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2015
Wealth management and capital markets software provider GBST has posted its full-year results for FY2015, showing a 52% boost in net profit to $15.3 million. Revenue in subsidiary GBST Wealth Management, which provides the Composer funds administration ...

Findex appoints former ANZ exec

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2015
Findex has appointed a new global head of business development. Peter Gardiner joins the advice group from ANZ, where he was head of origination, corporate bank. Commenting on the appointment, Findex chief executive Spiro Paule said, "Peter has deep ...

Telstra Super replaces NAS with J.P. Morgan as custodian

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
Telstra Super has replaced NAB Asset Servicing with J.P. Morgan Investor Services as master custodian and investment reporting services provider. Explaining the change, Telstra Super head of investment operations Miles Mallick said, "We were impressed ...

Centrepoint in talks to build ex-insto advice network

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
More advice practices are looking to depart institutionally-aligned dealer groups and join independent licensees, according to Centrepoint Alliance. As Centrepoint managing director John de Zwart put it in a statement, "The days of adviser practices ...

Australians seeing Centrelink as "life insurance substitute"

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2015
Too many Australians don't understand the purpose of life insurance and see the National Disability Insurance Scheme and Centrelink as effective substitutes, suggests research commissioned by Zurich and the Financial Planning Association of Australia ...

Industry fund advice on the rise

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2015
Advice services in the not-for-profit super fund sector are expected to grow by 43% over the next four years, research by Industry Super Australia (ISA) and the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) suggests. Based on a survey of 19 ...

Willis Re appoints global chair

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2015
Global risk advisory firm and reinsurance broker Willis Group has appointed the global chair of its reinsurance division, Willis Re. In addition to his current roles as chair of Willis Re North America and president of Willis Re, Paddy Jago will now ...

Fitzpatricks growth burst all part of the plan

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015
Recent high-profile adviser recruitments at Fitzpatricks Private Wealth are part of a "steady growth rate at a bigger scale," according to chief executive John Woodley. The past month has seen IOOF-aligned Main Street Financial Solutions and former ...