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BT Financial Group expands SMSF capability

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2017
... view of a client's financial situation, BLG managing director Ron Lesh said. "Today accountants are increasingly looking to cloud based solutions to help drive efficiency and service their clients," he said. The Australian Taxation Office estimates that ...

Financial services employees want digital strategy input: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2017
... roles - feel they have the skills to handle the technological changes. The sector is embracing new technologies such as cloud computing, machine learning, predictive analytics and artificial intelligence; rethinking strategies, and seeking to personalise ...

Setting the active record straight

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2017
The overall performance of the active management industry is clouded by some well-known and widely-used benchmarks, according to Ariel Investments president Mellody Hobson. Speaking to Financial Standard at the Australian Institute of Superannuation ...

BGL integrates with Xero for single database

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 12 SEP 2017
... unprecedented look at small business across five major pillars - cash flow, getting paid, hiring people, trading overseas and cloud adoption - based on anonymised and aggregated data analysed monthly. "Traditionally, it's been difficult to get aggregated ...

Experienced executives chasing fintechs, start-ups

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2017
One of the biggest challenges facing financial services employers is the ability to motivate and retain key talent, meaning development and progression planning programs must become more structured. This is the view of digital, sales and marketing recruitment ...

Big tech leads fintech optimism

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2017
... companies will be forced to shift roles. Lipman said Australia's "imminent open data regime, in combination with a broader cloud play and platforms that offer the ability to engage with different financial institutions from a single channel, will change ...

Class and Countplus partner

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2017
... had not transitioned all their portfolios. "This is a fantastic opportunity for Countplus practices to move to a single cloud-based software platform and take advantage of the dramatic efficiency gains delivered by Class Super and Class Portfolio," Bungard ...

Nikko AM to disrupt with acquisition

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 7 AUG 2017
... benefiting from cross-sector innovations such as robotics, 3D printing, big data, machine learning, blockchain technology, cloud computing, energy storage, and DNA sequencing. Nikko AM described the move as a natural progression of an existing partnership ...

New super product for investment savvy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2017
... experience but without the SMSF price tag. From an adviser perspective the process is very easy, as it uses our existing cloud-based portfolio management services and intuitive workflows including electronic digital signature based applications," Bernasconi ...

SMSF software demand surges

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUL 2017
... record high of 140,000 client accounts in the 12 months to June. Accounting practices recorded the greatest demand for the cloud-based SMSF software as they transition from legacy desktops to the cloud and real-time reporting, Class chief executive Kevin ...