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Advice group continues education standards preparation

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2018
... the last two years as part of an upskilling program in line with proposed FASEA education reforms. The dealer group's general manager, Tony Beaven, said: "We have pleasure awarding another 16 scholarships at our conference, which are designed to help ...

Real return funds underperforming

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2018
In the last three years, real return funds have delivered two percentage points less than some traditional multi-asset funds as real return managers winded down their equities exposures. Latest Zenith research found real return funds cut their Aussie ...

Macquarie, CFS top Aussie fund manager list

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2018
Macquarie Group slipped down the ranks of the world's top fund managers, while Colonial First State gained momentum, a Willis Towers Watson compilation shows. Despite increasing its assets under management to US$369 billion, Macquarie Group slid from ...

Fintechs in the money, gain confidence

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2018
The fintech sector is bullish it can grab market share from big banks and incumbents with the advent of open banking and as the fallout from the Royal Commission plays out, EY's latest fintech census shows. With one-in-five fintechs now turning a profit ...

Industry fund, IRESS begin automated advice journey

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2018
... said. It is understood IRESS is in discussions with other superannuation funds about the digital advice solution. WA Super general manager of distribution and advice Quyen Truong said the self-directed online advice tool "will suit members who want to ...

What the RC can teach us about trust: Deloitte

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018
... mindset of consistently keeping promises, Punt said. "Trust improves when it comes to my own bank as opposed to banks in general. For instance, 36% of the 2000 plus Australian banking customers surveyed believe their bank has their best interests at ...

Super-size me: Latest employment trends

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018
Wealth management recruiters and their prospective job candidates are beneficiaries of businesses looking to "super-size" roles in digital and customer engagement positions. The 2018 market trends and salary review from Perceptor shows skilled candidates ...

Bravura live on NZ bank

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018
... More than 800,000 accounts with a total of $11 billion were migrated as a part of the implementation. ASB Bank executive general manager of wealth Adam Boyd said the partnership with Sonata is an important step in the bank's evolution. "Sonata's ...

Chief economist update: Shopaholics drive US growth

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018
... impacting on residential investors. The trade accounts further highlights the underlying strength of the US economy in general and the US consumer in particular, while at the same time, underscoring the negative effects of Trump's protectionist policy ...

Blockchain can power internal systems: Digital Asset

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
... trading department. We need to have different command and control in the need for reconciliation all the way back to the general ledger to the trade plotter." "These are all processes which can also equally benefit from the technology that we are talking ...