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BT launches direct investment platform

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2015
BT has launched an online investment platform that allows retail investors to buy into a number of equities portfolios and exchange traded funds (ETFs). BT Go-invest requires a minimum investment of $10,000 and the tool can be accessed through mobile ...

Australian share market losing ground at midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2015
... ore price on Thursday to $US55.80, its lowest level since April. Every sector was weaker, including markets heavyweights the big four four banks and larger miners. Commonwealth Bank had lost 73 cents to $86.72, Westpac had shed 19 cents to $32.82, National ...

Executive appointment round-up

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2015
The biggest industry moves this week are Suncorp Life's chief executive stepping down after seven years in the position and Victorian Funds Management Corporation appointing a new chairman. Suncorp Life boss to step down - Geoff Summerhayes will step ...

Why SMSFs are attractive to Gen X and Gen Y

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2015
... "We can debate about why people join a self-managed superannuation fund, and why people want to be self-directed. It is a big conundrum. They want to do it themselves but they want someone else to do it for them, which is what the industry needs to grapple ...

ME Bank invests $90 million for a digital future

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2015
Industry super fund-owned ME Bank recently completed a $90 million digital transformation allowing it to analyse big data. ME Bank is now also able to offer new variable home loans among other functions, including the ability to analyse big data, delivering ...

Challenger enters strategic partnership with Janus

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2015
... internationally." Although Challenger no longer has an equity interest in Kapstream, Marriage said that it will retain a "very big interest" in the manager via distribution and operational services agreements. "We'll continue to distribute the Kapstream ...

Super funds battle with customer interfaces

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2015
... "Integrating superannuation and insurance with banking means using something that people use on a daily basis and we have had some big successes. We had one customer consolidate 17 superannuation funds that saved him $810 a year," Clarke said at the ...

Australian shares lower at midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2015
... particularly the latter, due to the economic turmoil in Greece where banks are closed and the odds of a eurozone exit increase. The big Australian banks were weaker, with the financial sector in the firing line in the event of a Greek debt default and ...

Eslake consultancy up and running after leaving BoA

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2015
... for, he did reflect on his reasons for leaving BoAML. "I wanted to work for myself without the constraints of working for a big Wall Street investment bank," he said. He explained that this was his initial intention when he left his role of chief economist ...

ASIC reviews One Big Switch, bans adviser

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2015
A report to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) identifies that One Big Switch contained potentially false and misleading statements in recent insurance campaigns. Appointed by ASIC to review One Big Switch's compliance with ...