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Asset management business models need a rethink: panel

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
... with blockchain in our industry at the moment," he said. "It's certainly not the panacea." Goffin's comments come as the wealth management industry at large struggles to find business cases strong enough to warrant the application of DLT and blockchain. ...

Former Olympian to lead investment house

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
... chair Rob Coombe. Hackett previously held roles at BT Financial Group and Westpac, working in marketing, distribution and wealth management. Generation Development Group acquired Ascalon Capital Managers in late September from Westpac. In offloading ...

Idle technology leaves super fund members behind

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
... superannuation funds grapple with digital advancement, their young membership base become further disconnected from the wealth and super system, according to a Zuper co-founder. Chief product officer and co-founder Jon Holloway told yesterday's Calastone ...

Wealth group announces new chief executive

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2018
An ASX-listed wealth management group is welcoming its new chief executive, promoting from within. Yellow Brick Road has appointed Frank Ganis as its leader. He joined YBR as a board member in 2017 and recently stepped into an advisory role. Ganis was ...

Chief economist update: Fear and loathing on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2018
... jump in 30-year mortgage rates to 4.85% - the highest since April 2011 - from under 4% at the start of 2018. The negative wealth effect from the tumbling stock market (if it continues) plus indications of slowing growth in house prices would negate the ...

AMP divests life business

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2018
AMP will exit life insurance in 2019, following a $3.3 billion sale of its wealth protection business. It will also divest its New Zealand wealth management and advice businesses via an IPO. The completion of an AMP portfolio review led to the divestments. ...

Challenger expands distribution reach

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018
... building retirement solutions that manage risks in retirement while maximising income, he said. Separately, former MLC and NAB Wealth executive Duncan West recently took a directorship role at Challenger. West was appointed as an independent non-executive ...

Young Aussies set lofty retirement goals

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018
... a reality. Two-in-three millennial respondents (66%) said prioritising investments in US companies will help grow their wealth - a large cohort is investing in tech stocks. More than half (53%) are investing in ASX-listed stocks, while a quarter (27%) ...

Robo-advice register launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2018
... Aleda Capital, brightday, BRICKX, Care360, cashwerkz, LifeSherpa, netwealth and Six Park. Adviser Ratings chief executive, wealth Mark Hoven said the register of 36 robo-advisers was launched to provide consumers more transparency about the emerging ...

Advice dealer group takes out governance award

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2018
... Thomson Reuters are principle members of the institute. Elders has just joined IOOF as part of the group's acquisition of ANZ Wealth's aligned dealer groups.