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Funds SA fills two senior investment roles

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
... markets research and commercial transactions, Financial Standard then reported. Prior to ISPT, Kempton worked as an assistant valuer at CB Richard Ellis and as an assistant project manager at Neometro. In 2017, Funds SA generated $8.1 million in revenues ...

AI comes to SMSF administration

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2018
An artificial intelligence assistant has been integrated into the SMSF software solution used to administer more than 70% of the 600,000 self-managed super funds in Australia. In a reported first for SMSF administration software, BGL has integrated ...

AMP flags new practice management platform

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2018
... intelligence and voice-activated technology as part of improving its wealth business. The example used was the virtual assistant, Kimberly, which was based on software created by Australian company Flamingo. "As the customer moves from one question to ...

NAB launches super virtual assistant

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2018
NAB has launched a digital assistant that helps MLC members engage with their superannuation. Available on Google Home devices, Talk to MLC answers 15 common questions members ask: such as how to open an MLC account, find lost super and change investment ...

SMSF industry hails ATO appointment

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2018
The SMSF Association welcomed the appointment of a new assistant commissioner, self-managed superannuation funds to the Australian Taxation Office. KPMG partner Dana Fleming succeeds Kasey Macfarlane in the role and brings more than 20 years' experience ...

Complaints authority welcomes new chair

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2018
... and dispute resolution; she is a former Howard Government cabinet minister and served as the Minister for Revenue and Assistant Treasurer, O'Dwyer said. She demonstrated deep knowledge and understanding of the financial services sector and the issues ...

Chief economist update: Wagering on wages

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2018
... down to 5.5% in January this year from 5.6 at the end of 2017 and 5.8% at 2016's finish. Still, as Luci Ellis - RBA Assistant Governor (Economic) - asked in her address to the ABE Conference in Sydney last 13 Feb, "how much and how quickly will they ...

Chief economist update: RBA sees wages growth recovering but it's not guaranteed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2018
... indicates "an extended period of broadly stable, modest, wages growth". This is one of the three questions Luci Ellis - RBA Assistant Governor (Economic) - tried to answer in her address to the ABE Conference in Sydney yesterday. "How resilient will ...

Crowe Horwath names senior appointments

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2018
... of the Murray Darling Area. Prior to joining Crowe Horwath, Dean spent 12 years at the Tasmanian Audit Office as an assistant auditor of the general finance division. Head of risk management Michael Doucas said the firm is expanding its technical services ...

ATO toasts the "SMSF class of 2012"

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018
... time, the median and average age of members was 50. The median age of new members in 2016 decreased to 47, which ATO assistant commissioner Kasey Macfarlane said "tells us that more trustees are entering the SMSF sector at an earlier stage in their working ...