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Household is the future of advice

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2015
... Moore. Speaking at the 2015 Financial Standard Best Practice Managed Accounts Forum, Moore observed the growing role of outsourcing in investment administration within financial planning in Australia and the US. She noted that increasingly robust administration ...

GFC drove advisers to managed accounts

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2015
... transitioning to the model doesn't require "advisers to become stock-pickers." Describing himself as a "fierce advocate of outsourcing investment management," he noted that financial advice isn't really about "having great skills in whether to buy Rio ...

Aussies in top five for cashless transactions

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2015
... number of cashless transactions per capita worldwide according to the latest report from Capgemini. The consulting and outsourcing firm's annual World Payments Report suggests cashless payments are forecasted to grow by 9% to 389.7 billion transactions ...

Outsourcing is the future of compliance

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015
The wealth management sector will increasingly outsource its administration systems to streamline compliance issues, according to Bravura Solutions Asia Pacific managing director Roland Slee. Speaking at a media briefing in Sydney, Slee said that because ...

Aussie super funds in top 100

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2015
... increasingly thinking about diversification in the context of all return drivers and adding the necessary governance or outsourcing to ensure success." In producing the P&I/Towers Watson list Australian super funds recorded a five-year compound growth ...

Custody: Revolution or evolution?

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
... insource some of their investment capability in the coming years. "Custodians could conceivably offer chief risk officer outsourcing. They will use technology differently. State Street has an office in Silicon Valley. The pipe work needs upgrading but ...

Regulator clouding wealth management: PractiFI

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2015
Weaknesses in outsourcing wealth management via cloud technology or shared computing services - as identified by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) - have sparked an impassioned response. On Monday APRA released an information paper ...

Class expands in the SMSF cloud

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2015
... Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) recently released an information paper on its considerations around outsourcing shared computing services, including cloud. As shared computer services continually evolve, APRA is encouraging ongoing ...

Remuneration has no bearing on advice quality

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
... assisted in Bombora's ambition to be "the professional risk practice of the future." "Our desire is to be a professional outsourcing partner to our fellow professionals in the accounting and financial planning fraternity, and that's where we're aiming ...

DST partners UK wealth manager

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
... and services via a multi-channel portal that manages all online and mobile content. The UK firm is in the process of outsourcing its back-office operations to International Financial Data Services (IFDS), a 50/50 joint venture between DST and State Street ...