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Impact investment in real-time

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2017
... product in the wider impact investing proposition and will be available to retail investors on the direct investing platform, Smart Investor, as well as to high-net-worth individuals through Barclays Wealth and Investments and its private bank and overseas ...

FPA supports children's financial literacy

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017
... chief executive Dante De Gori said the partnership with Banqer will equip young people with the skills they need to make smart and informed financial choices as adults in an easy and enjoyable way. Exercises involve students managing their own bank account ...

Smash the super status quo

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017
... innovations like illiquidity premia and moving up the risk curve, but is that really innovation? We talk about moving into smart beta, but smart beta has been around for decades. What took us so long?" Part of the problem, she argued, was catering too ...

Centrepoint forms fintech alliance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2017
A newly-formed fintech partnership will enable Centrepoint Alliance financial advisers to develop stronger client relationships as well as provide tools to promote shared responsibility for the client's financial situation. A full-service money management ...

UK manager partners for Aussie distribution

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2017
... alpha" factor for companies operating in 33 sectors. The firm uses its MoRE database to manage active, low-volatility and smart beta portfolios of developed market global and regional equities. Clearway Capital managing director Dennis Mothoneos explained ...

Industry fund makes tech play to combat unpaid super

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2017
Australia's largest superannuation fund, with more than $120 billion under management, is hoping to tackle the problem of unpaid super with a mobile application upgrade. The AustralianSuper app, which first launched in 2015, will allow members to receive ...

Insurtech is coming and could make insurance obsolete: PwC

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2017
... arguing that interconnecting technologies will make lives safer to the point where insurance becomes unnecessary. "Connected smart devices will lead to less risk and smaller losses," Spooner said. "For example, smart water heaters and pipes will alert ...

Ignition Wealth launches SMSF appropriateness tool

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2017
... establishing an SMSF are engaged, educated and empowered. It offers a low-cost easy to use solution." "Our clients are seeking smart technology solutions to drive efficiencies in their businesses and improve services to their clients. For all financial ...

MDA provider builds custom solution

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2017
Another financial advice group is embracing managed accounts, partnering with provider managedaccounts.com.au to create a bespoke solution. The MDA provider has partnered with The Wealth Partnership in what managedaccounts.com.au head of distribution ...

Private Portfolio Managers launch SMAs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUL 2017
Private Portfolio Managers will launch the first in a series of new separately managed account strategies on Powerwrap. Previously the boutique investment manager has exclusively offered individually managed accounts, but has broadened its managed accounts ...