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Nikko AM to disrupt with acquisition

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 7 AUG 2017
Nikko Asset Management acquired a minority share in a New York-based specialist investment house with ambitions to develop more innovative investment solutions. As a stakeholder in ARK Investment Management, Nikko AM has obtained exclusivity to provide ...

Wealth begins its blockchain reaction

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 7 AUG 2017
Ambitious financial services firms are driving Australia's global leadership in the development of blockchain technology, which is already delivering productivity and innovation benefits to the nation's trillion-dollar wealth industry. BNP Paribas Securities ...

Insurtech is coming and could make insurance obsolete: PwC

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2017
The sheer breadth of technological change in the insurance industry is "dazzling" and will make the industry unrecognisable in years to come, a PwC expert said. In a blog published yesterday, digital experience centre lead partner Nick Spooner highlighted ...

Adviser models replacing product focus with customers

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2017
Financial advice models are proliferating and changing rapidly in the age of technology and big data, prompting advisers to put customers at the heart of business models, according to actuarial and risk management service provider Milliman. Advisers ...

Fintechs pose disintermediation threat: CFA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2017
The latest CFA Institute report shows fintechs specialising in blockchain, robo-advice, mobile payments and peer-to-peer lending have the highest potential to disintermediate the financial services industry. CFA Society Sydney president Anthony Serhan ...

Banks continue campaign to discredit SA bank tax

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2017
... Australians of the impact a state-based tax would have as the South Australian Liberal opposition confirmed it will move to block the tax's implementation. In an open letter to South Australian customers, ANZ chief executive Shayne Elliott said imposing ...

Wealth and investment leads Aussie fintech

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUN 2017
Wealth and investment is one of Australia's largest fintech sub-sectors according to an industry representative group. Releasing its first member ecosystem map, FinTech Australia showed wealth and investment sits alongside consumer and business lending ...

Blockchain feasibility test successful: Calastone

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2017
Financial technology company Calastone completed the first phase of its blockchain testing by analysing the trades and settlement of mutual funds. This involved testing a large volume of trades across global markets to give a better understanding of ...

Distribution reshapes globalisation: Capital Group

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2017
Multi-national companies that happen to span the world's emerging markets have entered Version 3.0 when it comes to high-quality distribution models, reshaping the term globalisation. This is the view of Capital Group investment director Andy Budden ...

CFA Institute investigates ESG investment gap

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2017
... market, which show that looking at ESG considerations over the long-term can enhance returns, this issue is still a stumbling block for many managers," Sloggett said. The initiative will release a series of reports on each region, the first of which ...