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Australian Ethical boosts adviser arm

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2017
... adviser relationships, responsible for growing the super fund and investment manager's footprint in the ethical and mainstream adviser space. Dam has more than 13 years' experience in financial services, and most recently worked in ING Direct's wealth ...

IRESS eyes future earning potential following reduced profit

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2017
Financial services technology provider IRESS has reported reduced first half-year results, with net profits and basic earnings per share down compared to the prior corresponding period. The company posted first half-year net profits of $29.5, up 10% ...

BlackRock takes majority stake in Australian solar farm

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2017
BlackRock Real Assets has acquired a majority interest in a Queensland solar energy project, representing one of Australia's largest solar portfolio financings to date. Financed through BlackRock Real Assets, the 150MW and 50MW solar farms are expected ...

Managed accounts forum unveils new format, adviser focus

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2017
... benefits for advisers and their clients when using managed accounts. "Like with anything new, it takes a while for the mainstream to catch up. I wish more advisers used them, but it comes down to education for yourself and your client," Lear said. "It's ...

Environment to reshape real estate investment: LaSalle

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2017
... Elysia Tse said. "There could be early-mover advantage for those firms which are able to seize the opportunities. "Mainstream investment analysis is still early in the process of recognising the impact of these factors, hence investor payback for improving ...

IRESS and MainstreamBPO in super admin deal

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUL 2017
Fund administrator MainstreamBPO announced it will acquire a portion of IRESS' superannuation administration business. IRESS has agreed to divest its superannuation administration business for customer-owned banks and deploy 14 super fund clients to ...

Responsible investment continues to gain acceptance among investors

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 10 JUL 2017
... approaches. "Responsible investment is no longer considered a niche approach to investing. It's increasingly being seen as a mainstream approach, commanding a place as a prominent and recognised discipline that adds value to the investment process," ...

Wealth and investment leads Aussie fintech

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUN 2017
... interviews with digitally active consumers across 20 markets, including Australia, shows FinTech services are poised for mainstream adoption on a global scale with an average of one in every three (33%) digitally active consumers now using fintech. EY ...

Greater adoption of tech in new world of advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2017
... identifies certain back office technologies have had low adoption rates with some showing no indication they will become mainstream. These include scaled advice tools, online self-service tools to capture client (or prospect) information, transcription ...

Macron won't stop populist tide: William Blair

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2017
... in Chinese growth and the growing global anti-establishment movement. "Populism is in everybody's lexicon now - it's mainstream. We first started integrating it into our investment decisions in February of 2010, when we saw the Tea Party emerge during ...