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Custody: Revolution or evolution?

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
... Arjan Bloemer, NSW T-Corp's Jonathan Green and NAB Asset Servicing's David Knights. They argued that, like in the world of mobile communications, technology advances and an insatiable need for data would see institutions force their custodians to completely ...

Obsession with stability is killing returns

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
... Ariel holds between 75 and 90 stocks in its portfolio, with the top allocations going to Gilead Sciences, Microsoft, China Mobile and GlaxoSmithKline. It has delivered a return on equity of 21.5% over the five years to 30 June 2015 and has $14.6 billion ...

Citi launches fintech challenge

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2015
Citi is launching the Asia-Pacific Mobile Challenge, a competition for fintech developers to build mobile tools for Citi's digital platform. Australian developers will compete with others across the APAC region and will demonstrate their ideas at Citi-hosted ...

Zurich identifies investment megatrends

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2015
... "fundamentally changing the fabric of modern economies." The megatrends include: "The Connected Consumer", which deals with mobile technology, wearable devices, and the on-demand economy; "The Smart Corporate", which address opportunities in the manufacturing ...

Shares increasingly popular for Gen Y

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2015
... more self-directed in their approach to financial decision-making." This shift has also translated into a growing usage of mobile devices for investing. According to research from Investment Trends, 60% of current online investors use a mobile device ...

McDonalds chief appointed by ANZ

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2015
... Australia Mark Whelan, and will be responsible for the retail channel distribution strategy, ANZ's 800 branches and its mobile sales force which serve the bank's five million Australian retail customers. Noble joins ANZ from McDonalds where she was chief ...

Super available on the Apple watch

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2015
... 2015 version of Acurity that will allow superannuation fund members to access their super through Apple watches and other mobile devices using iOS and Android platforms. Financial Synergy chief executive, Stephen Mackley, said Acurity's latest version ...

Market to open flat

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2015
... climbed two per cent to $US3.4 billion on an 11 per cent rise in revenue to $US17.7 billion, thanks in part to increases in mobile advertising. The tech giant also gave a bullish outlook on its YouTube business and hinted that moves to return cash to ...

IFAs to benefit from ASIC SME focus

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015
... Advisers chief executive Brad Fox suggested that ASIC could further expand its role in financial advice by providing a mobile version of its Financial Adviser Register to consumers.

Advisers should beware industry "frenemies"

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015
... speaking at the launch) noted that less than 10% of the advisers of the 799 clients surveyed for the white paper even had a mobile-optimised website. "And we were working with the top 20% of advice practices in the country," he added. The message of ...