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Turnbull backs financial start-ups

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2015
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has advocated more support to Australia's start-up businesses, including fintechs, in line with the federal government's commitment to "an innovative Australia." Helping launch IPO and placements app OnMarket yesterday ...

Don't flood managed accounts with excess investment options: advisers

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2015
Tailored investment solutions are more important to advisers using managed accounts than excessively wide ranges of investment choices, according to Rainmaker research. Speaking at the 2015 Financial Standard Best Practice Managed Accounts Forum, Rainmaker ...

AFA Rising Star finalists announced

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015
The Association of Financial Advisers and ANZ Wealth have announced the finalists for its 2015 Rising Star award. Peel Wealth Financial Planning's Katherine Cairns, Mr Insurance's Declan Doolan, Harvest Wealth's Kylie George, AP Financial Solutions' ...

Comparative advantage

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2015
Aren't you glad I didn't lift? This must be what's in Janet's head as she scours the global economic and financial market landscape and saw that it wasn't good. Yes folks, financial markets were doing backflips again overnight on concerns over dropping ...

Instos seeking co-designed mandates

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015
Low interest rates and suppressed yields have prompted Australia's largest institutional investors to seek co-designed mandates. Omega Global Investors managing director George Vassos says larger investors are increasingly seeking discrete mandates ...

Hostplus brings insurance fees down

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015
... or salary continuance cover or premiums charged. Earlier this year Cbus announced it will move its group life insurance to TAL Life in November, ending its previous partnership with Hannover Life Re of Australasia. As part of the new deal Cbus will be ...

AIA builds team to focus on adviser distribution

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015
... financial services industry both in Australia and London, including five years in business development and operational roles for TAL. Lawrence joins from BT, where he worked as a business development officer in the IFA distribution team. Botha has been ...

Robots can't read your dreams, advice firm warns

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015
Robo-advice is potentially damaging for the advice sector, as it's hard to replace a human's ability to discuss a client's dreams and aspirations, an advice group has said. Cigna Wealth senior financial adviser Zoe Downs said that recent growth in computer ...

Super tax reform on hold for election

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015
Serious tax reform in finance is likely to be progressed in the next term of federal government according to Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen. Speaking to the AFR Tax Reform Summit, Bowen said the change in federal government leadership was close to the ...

Blue Sky scratches head lice from portfolio

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2015
Blue Sky Venture Capital has exited a head lice treatment company after it entered into a $278 million commercial agreement with Indian-based Dr. Reddy's Laboratories. Blue Sky invested in Hatchtech in 2013 as part of a $12 million syndicate of Australian ...