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Spriggy wins 2018 Best Fintech Startup Award: StartCon

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 20 DEC 2018
A fintech business aimed at helping children develop good money habits won a major award at the 2018 Australasian Startup Awards. Spriggy was set up in 2015 by founders Alex Badran and Mario Hasanakos. Their main product is a pre-paid debit card for ...

UBS signs on Morningstar

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2018
... integration of their application programming interfaces (APIs) and deep data coverage of Australian markets." Morningstar Australasia head of product and client solutions Graham Dixon said: "We're thrilled to be collaborating with UBS, enabling more ...

Advice associations combine for code monitoring

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 18 DEC 2018
... (FPA); Association of Financial Advisers (AFA); Boutique Financial Planners (BFP); Financial Services Institute of Australasia (FINSIA); Self-Managed Super Fund Association (SMSF Association); and Stockbrokers and Financial Advisers Association (SAFAA). ...

Responsible investment guide launched

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018
A global manager has partnered with the Responsible Investment Association of Australasia to launch a guide to responsible investing for financial advisers as demand for the strategies swells. AXA Investment Managers worked with Responsible Investment ...

Culture dominates shareholder engagement

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2018
As the Royal Commission sharpens its focus on accountability and corporate culture, an institutional investor says these two issues will now shape conversations with boards more than ever. SSGA senior managing director Susan Darroch said the significant ...

ETF issuer hires Olympian

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2018
... portfolio manager is Mathew Knapman who joins after three years in data, operations and product roles at Morningstar Australasia. Earlier this month, University of Sydney graduate Nicola Culey joined ETFS to work across both sales and research teams. ...

AMP partners with Morningstar

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2018
... delivery of objective advice to AMP's licensee investment management committee. "We have worked closely with Morningstar Australasia to agree a robust and comprehensive suite of services and are confident they will support the investment needs of our ...

Aberdeen Standard distribution head departs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2018
... Bouch has left Aberdeen Standard Investments following eight months as distribution lead. Bouch served as head of Australasia at Standard Life for seven years and was appointed head of distribution when Standard Life and Aberdeen Asset Management merged ...

BlackRock strengthens real assets team

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018
... manager's $3.1 billion renewable income platform which now has 70 European wind and solar assets. BlackRock head of Australasia Dominik Rohe said in the long term, investing in renewables makes sense not only for investors but also for the communities ...

Integrity Life names head of retail product

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2018
... as head of operations and Jacqueline Little as head of group product. Former Munich Re Group managing director for Australasia Heinrich Elder was also appointed to the insurer's board as an independent non-executive director. Commenting on his new ...