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Wealth manager reviews software provider

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2018
Technology provider Midwinter was selected to provide financial planning software services to the advice division of a major financial services organisation. Following a review of its existing providers, Suncorp Advice has commenced roll out of Midwinter's ...

Netwealth affirms value of financial literacy

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2018
Netwealth sponsored financial literacy program Banqer has partnered with 150 schools to deliver financial education to Australian children. Just over a year since the partnership between the platform provider and Banqer began, the program has reached ...

Spaceship looks outside of superannuation

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2018
Spaceship, which at last count managed about $198 million of millennial superannuation, is branching out into investment products with two new launches. The company quietly rolled out two low-fee funds in April under the Spaceship Voyager brand. The ...

Chief economist update: A US dollar story

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2018
The times, they are a-changin'. After reaching a peak of 103.01 on the 23 December 2016, the Bloomberg US dollar index began its long descent before hitting a three-year low of 89.19 in February this year - a 13.4% depreciation. The US dollar has ...

Life insurers should fund medical rehabilitation: MLC

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2018
There is division over whether or not private life insurers should be able to fund medical treatments for rehabilitating customers - the subject of a current Parliamentary Joint Committee - with giants like MLC Insurance and AustralianSuper batting ...

Poor SoAs hindering advice process

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2018
There is growing concern that a lack of clear and consistent templates for Statement of Advice documents is potentially causing financial advice clients to sign off on advice they don't actually understand. Paraplanning services provider YTML has seen ...

IPS triples funds under administration

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2018
Independent investment and SMSF platform owner Integrated Portfolio Solutions (IPS) tripled its funds under administration over the past three years as it experiences inflows courtesy of advisers and family offices. The platform provider recently passed ...

Private debt attractive for instos: Sahota

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2018
Australia's $2.8 trillion private debt market could offer stable income opportunities for superannuation funds and high-net-worth individuals alongside capital preservation, according to fixed income veteran Bob Sahota. The private debt market in Australia ...

Industry funds call for super shortfall reform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2018
The likelihood of a comfortable, self-sufficient retirement will diminish over the next decade for about 3.1 million Australians, according to new research. Recent findings from AustralianSuper and Cbus suggest the changing nature of work will create ...

Chief economist update: Forget asking for a pay rise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2018
It's good and...it's bad. The statistician's estimates of the Australian labour market for April provide something to crow about for the optimists and the pessimists alike. As the bulls would have it (that includes the Coalition government ...