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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 ...

Australia missing out on $34.5bn tech opportunity

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2015
Australian businesses are underperforming in use of digital technologies and could be missing out on a $34.5 billion opportunity, according to Accenture research. Australia ranks eight out of the 17 leading economies measured on the Accenture Digital ...

NAB too big to change culture overnight: Thorburn

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2015
National Australia Bank (NAB) chief executive Andrew Thorburn has admitted that cultural change in such large organisation "probably takes five, 10 years," in light of the regulator's concerns about its financial planning arm. Thorburn noted that NAB ...

VicSuper launches next-gen admin platform with Bravura

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2015
... "VicSuper is now using the most contemporary, best-practice system in the industry. We see this as an important step in our digital evolution. We intend to keep innovating and to continuously enhance the products and services we offer our members," said ...

Sunsuper embraces passive investment

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
... management. The fund will be able to "draw on a broad range of functions, including member services, product development, digital and technological development, and economic and market insights," Sunsuper chief executive Scott Hartley said. As part of ...