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HUB24 leans into innovation

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2020
... of its large licensee clients in an effort to understand the opportunities and challenges they face, with the lab set to focus on solutions using data integration to improve compliance and practice management outcomes. HUB24 also said it will deploy ...

Aussie share funds boast stellar 2019

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2020
Managed funds focusing on the Aussie share market have boasted a stellar 2019, with more than 10 funds returning more than 30% for the year before fees. The new research comes out of global consulting firm Mercer, who released its latest Australian ...

New super fund to launch

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020
A new superannuation fund is set to launch next week focused on sustainable investing. Elevate Super will launch on Wednesday next week, a spokesperson confirmed to Financial Standard. Elevate is a sub-plan of Aracon Superannuation, a subsidiary of ...

Future of life insurance in doubt: APRA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020
... on-going failure to design and price sustainable disability income insurance products continued to be an area of heightened focus for APRA in 2019," it said. Losses from the sale of these types of policies across the industry accounted for $3.4 billion ...

New fund invests $45m in SA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020
... private investors based in China. Led by An LuFan, executive director of Chinese-based D&R Pharmaceuticals the fund will focus on drug development and clinical diagnostics. Dr Stephen Rodda from the University of Adelaide and Dr JC Tan from UniSA Ventures ...

J.P. Morgan wins custody mandate

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2020
J.P. Morgan has won a mandate to provide custodial services to an ASX-listed platform and superannuation provider.In a quarterly business update, Xplore Wealth revealed it has a new custodial agreement contract with J.P. Morgan. Xplore said the new ...

Powerwrap finds new line of business

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2020
Powerwrap has signed an agreement in what could be its second-biggest client after Escala Partners and a new line of business for the platform. A US company that distributes alternative funds to financial advisers has mandated Powerwrap to provide its ...

ASIC increases levy costs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2020
... forecast levies will differ from actual levies," the ASIC spokesperson said. "Levies will also vary over time, as ASIC's focus areas change based on the threats and harms in the market place." It should be noted that the regulator has removed the link ...

BlackRock wakes up to climate change

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2020
BlackRock will double its ESG ETF offerings, dump investments in thermal coal and increase sustainable assets under management tenfold this decade. All this, just six months after it was revealed that BlackRock lost more than $133 billion by investing ...

Industry fund appoints investment head

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2020
... and in that time was responsible for building the fund's investment expertise, which TWUSuper said included a recent focus on ESG. He will remain with the fund until midway through the year in an effort to ensure a smooth transition. The fund said ...