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IRESS enters regtech realm

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2017
IRESS inked a $2 million strategic regtech partnership to assist financial services businesses improve compliance. The performance-linked investment in regtech and data analytics company Lucsan marks IRESS' first minority equity investment. The non-material ...

AIA acquires CBA life insurance businesses

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2017
... businesses to AIA Group for $3.8 billion. The sale of CommInsure Life and Sovereign also includes a 20-year bancassurance partnership with AIA for the provision of life insurance products to customers in Australia and New Zealand. Under the agreement ...

Global $11bn manager acquires US firm

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2017
... future clients," Simm said. Pax chief executive Joe Keefe added: "This is an exciting new chapter in our decade long partnership with Impax. Combining our two firms will create a leading sustainable investment manager with business on both sides of the ...

GSFM scores major alternatives partnership

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2017
Grant Samuel Funds Management has entered into a strategic retail distribution partnership to offer new alternative investment products to Australian and New Zealand investors. Using Grant Samuel Funds Management's extensive retail distribution network ...

Stressed Aussies increasingly tempted to access advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2017
... tough they can get the help they need." As such, NAB - which has allocated $130 million to microfinance products in partnership with Good Shepherd Microfinance - has committed to increasing the number of loans it annually provides low income Australians. ...

Alternatives managers celebrated at annual event

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2017
The Macquarie Australia Plus Fund has taken out a key accolade at the 2017 Hedge Funds Rock and Australian Alternative Investment Awards. The awards, which recognise alternative investment managers who have produced superior risk adjusted returns and ...

Centrepoint expands virtual offering

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2017
... Financial advisers licensed by Centrepoint Alliance can now access estate planning documentation and advice following a partnership with a legal documentation company. Joining forces with Topdocs, Centrepoint has enabled advisers to access to trust and ...

EXCLUSIVE: BTFG and Morningstar announce adviser and research partnership

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2017
Morningstar Australasia will deliver an integrated research and technology solution to support BT Financial Group's internal research team and financial adviser network. As part of the new arrangement, BTFG's internal research team will use the data ...

Cuffe to join Class board

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2017
... the position of non-executive director the 2017 annual general meeting on 16 October 2017. In August, Class inked a partnership with accounting and financial advice network Countplus for the provision of self-managed super funds and wealth accounting ...

The rise and impact of insurtech

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2017
... key finding of the report is that the complementary strengths of the new and old schools present a solid case for partnership. About 53% of life insurance executives surveyed said they preferred a partnership model, compared to in-housing (35.6%) or ...