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Blockchain can power internal systems: Digital Asset

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
While the focus of the blockchain industry debate is its usage cross platforms, the real potential can actually be in managing internal systems, said the chief executive of the company behind ASX's new blockchain system. Speaking at a SIBOS session ...

Diversity is the answer to war for talent

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
Experts say Millenials and the Gen Z generation are going to make the gender and race equality debate obsolete in the workplace, even in the hypermasculine sector of financial services. Speaking at SIBOS this week, Rachel Cooper, professor in Gender ...

Cybersecurity fit for a $16bn insurer

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
The SIBOS audience got a glimpse into how an ASX-listed insurer set up its safety net against cybersecurity threats in partnership with Ernst and Young, and the side benefits that came with it. IAG underwrites $11.4 billion of premiums every year across ...

ASIC and Austplan agree to mutual breakup

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
Austplan will lose its Australian financial services licence in November following ASIC surveillance which found deficiencies in the establishment of self-managed superannuation funds and client referrals. ASIC will cancel Austplan's AFSL effective ...

Chief economist update: Super Mario keeps his cool

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
The European Central Bank's (ECB) October 25 Governing Council meeting concluded with a decision that markets widely expected. The ECB left interest rates unchanged - the benchmark refinancing rate at 0%, the marginal lending facility rate at 0.25% ...

Downsizer scheme gains ground

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018
The recently introduced downsizer contributions strategy is gaining traction, with the new scheme topping the list of adviser queries for the September quarter. BT Financial Group's technical team fielded about 3000 queries over the quarter, a significant ...

Chief economist update: The winter of Australia's discontent

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018
It would be the winter of Australia's agriculture sector if Rabobank's 'Winter Crop Production Outlook' report is any guide. The specialist agribusiness bank predicts that the country's national harvest would drop by 23% in the 2018/19 ...

Under the hood of low-fee funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2018
Lower fee multi-asset funds that skimp on alternatives investments can take a beating in market downturns, new research by Zenith has found. Its 2018 multi asset diversified review compared the performance and drawdown of 88 funds, splitting them into ...

Diversified group enters custom platform space

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2018
An ASX-listed financial services company is rolling out its first white-labelled managed account platform to a Victorian dealer group. Fiducian Group was selected by the unnamed group - reported to have about $200 million in funds under advice - following ...

What 1% in fees could do to investments

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2018
Advisers paying just 1% more for investments could erode their clients' nest eggs by 26% over 30 years, according to new data modelling from InvestSMART. InvestSMART researchers found stark differences in the outcomes for investors paying different ...