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Fintech launches active trading platform with no monthly fees

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2018
Saxo Capital Markets Australia has launched its new active trading platform that will let users trade over 35,000 financial instruments at no monthly fees and without expensive legacy hardware. The product is aimed at professional traders and smaller ...

Incumbents can innovate or separate: AltFi Summit

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2018
... similar to what they demand from companies like Amazon and Kayak," Dash said. "To me it's the consumer rather than the fintech that's changing the way things work." Credible is a student and personal loan comparison website which became the largest technology ...

Super Plus switches to SMSF fintech

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018
... Mclowd, which provides its core software for free. The administrator has entered into a five-year agreement with Mclowd - a fintech with about $1 billion in super assets under administration on its SMSF platform. The shift to Mclowd will help the Super ...

Look inside to drive fintech forward: AltFi Summit

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2018
... AltFi Australasia Summit in April, uno Home Loans founder Vincent Turner said in the next five to seven years the crucial fintech partnerships will be with time-honoured institutions. "People tend to think the only way to move the [financial services] ...

Top industry fund bets on DNA sequencing

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2018
... mandate with Hostplus. The investment is a part of Hostplus's commitment to pour $550 million into innovation in biomed, fintech, autonomous cars, and cybersecurity. Earlier this month, Hostplus backed a San Francisco-based crowdsourced cybersecurity ...

SMEs shun banks, turn to fintechs

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2018
... interested in using alternative financing in the future. Australia chair Stuart Stoyan welcomed the report, stating: "Fintech lending and finance firms are increasingly providing the capital that these businesses need to invest and grow, through a focus ...

Client longevity the largest advice disruptor

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2018
... Russell Investments managing director of strategic business initiatives Tim Noonan, who adds that advisers too caught up in fintech or regulatory disruption will miss the key role of providing financial security for clients. The US-based Noonan will ...

FinTech Australia appoints interim chief executive

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2018
The association representing Australia's burgeoning fintech industry is searching for a new leader following the resignation of its chief executive on Friday. As the search begins to replace Danielle Szetho, FinTech Australia has appointed Sarah Worboys ...

Macrovue bets on 5G technology

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2018
... in a quantitative overlay, and finally selected stocks expected to yield high returns in the medium to long term. The fintech will charge 80 basis points in fees. Investors will be notified quarterly if the managers want to swap a 5G stock in the portfolio. ...

Netwealth offloads advice subsidiary

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018
... said: "While we want to sharpen the focus of our business on delivering exceptional platform, managed account and other fintech services, it was fundamental to any transaction that our clients and staff in Bridgeport would be well cared for." The platform ...