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Midwinter unveils digital advice platform

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
Software provider Midwinter has revealed its "holistic" digital advice solution, with the company insisting it's not 'robo advice'. Based on the company's AdviceOS software, the platform will enable clients of AFSLs to self-process simple scaled advice ...

Virgin and Mercer announce super partnership

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2015
... client to experience Mercer's upgraded customer and administration platform which includes custom built analytics and digital technologies to enable customers to compare, forecast and interpret their current situation and take appropriate action. Mercer ...

OneVue announces management, strategy changes

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2015
OneVue has announced changes in its management team, custodial arrangements and digital strategy in its March quarter update. Current chief financial officer Brett Marsh will be replaced by Ashley Fenton, previously CFO at executive recruitment company ...

Hockey sounds tax alarm bells

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2015
... political will needed to ensure multinational companies pay their fair share of tax." Hockey also highlighted how the digital economy was outpacing tax reform, pointing to services like Uber, and contrasting the taxes paid in that business to traditional ...

Go-it-alone investment culture taking hold in Europe

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2015
... analytics firm Cerulli. In the United Kingdom the low-margin business of fund distribution is being standardised, innovative digital propositions are flourishing, and layers of distribution are being removed, Cerulli said. More than 82% of international ...

Digital currency continues to be monitored: RBA

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2015
The Reserve Bank of Australia believes digital currencies do not currently raise issues for them in terms of monetary policy and financial stability mandates. The RBA recently addressed a Senate Economics References Committee inquiry about digital currency ...

SMSF the next frontier for robo advice

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2015
... amount. Ignition Wealth chief executive, Mark Fordree, said the financial advice industry globally is seeing the same digital trends that have previously disrupted industries such as media and travel. "The adoption of technology into the advice industry ...

Chief executive steps down at AWI

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2015
A decision by Australasian Wealth Investments to integrate its digital properties saw chief executive and managing director Ben Heap resign on Tuesday. In a statement to the ASX, Heap said he continues "to be passionate about the innovation in financial ...

MyState names tech and operations general manager

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015
... and entrepreneurial spirit will be of great benefit to MyState as we expand into new geographic markets and improve our digital channels and services for customers. Increasingly technology is a differentiator for financial services organisations and ...

Wealth managers need to be 'service-oriented'

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2015
... performance fees; respondents were also conscious of the need to deliver these services (and charge for them) through multiple digital channels. "We believe that the industry has yet to address the challenge of redefining the complete spectrum of their ...