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GAM partners with SimCorp

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2020
GAM Investments has signed a new long term licence agreement with investment management solutions provider SimCorp. The global asset manager will partner with SimCorp to consolidate its external front and middle office systems on to a single platform. ...

Cbus Super chief to exit

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2020
David Atkin will leave as the $57 billion superannuation fund's chief executive later this year after 12 years in the role. Atkin steered Cbus as it grew from just $12 billion in assets under management, adopted a more comprehensive approach to ...

Former RBC I&TS lead joins tech firm

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2020
The former managing director of RBC Investor & Treasury Services has been named chief executive of a financial advice technology provider. David Travers has joined Fourth Line, a risk management and compliance regtech solution as its chief executive. ...

Commonwealth Super mulls platform changes

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2020
Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation is considering making changes to how it administers about 570,000 defined benefit member accounts as its existing systems age. CSC has invited interested companies to submit proof-of-concepts for a core registry ...

MLC Wealth hires technology chief

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2020
MLC Wealth is expanding its executive leadership team with a new hire, responsible for transforming the business' technology and operations. Following an extensive search, Darren McKenzie has been appointed chief technology and operations officer of ...

RBA crushes hopes of Libra launch

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020
The Reserve Bank of Australia will not allow tech giant Facebook to launch its cryptocurrency Libra in Australia until all risks and regulatory requirements have been mitigated. And even if these regulatory requirements were met there wouldn't be ...

ASIC claims to support robo-advice

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020
In a submission to the Select Committee on Financial Technology and Regulatory Technology, ASIC has claimed it is "supportive" of robo-advice, though harbours concerns around its ability to meet the best interests duty. The regulator said it has met ...

Who is really using the LISTO?

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2020
Analysis from AMP has revealed who the biggest recipients of the low-income super tax offset (LISTO) are. AMP has looked at 174,000 customer's data over a four-year period and found a significant jump in the number of women receiving the low-income ...

Industry veteran set to launch new fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JAN 2020
An industry veteran is gearing up to launch a new fund next week, focusing on Australian equities. Julia Lee, founder and chief investment officer of Burman Invest, left her role at Bell Direct after 11 years at the end of 2019 to launch her new business ...

Gold lifts as US, Iran tensions escalate

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 7 JAN 2020
Fears of escalating tensions between the US and Iran have sent gold skyrocketing to an almost seven-year high, with investors turning to bullion, mining shares and gold-backed ETFs to safeguard their wealth. Fuel was added to gold's fire after US ...