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BigTech: The next frontier for high-net-worth investors

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2017
... some trepidation about privacy, security, and lack of human involvement. Setting aside the potential for widespread disruption and the risk that initial partnership could give away to outright competition, Capgemini called on wealth management firms ...

More time needed for TBAR transition: SMSFA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2017
... due caution in the design and implementation of TBAR and allows an appropriate transitional period to ensure minimal disruption, with less than half of the respondents to our survey saying they are ready for the introduction of event-based reporting." ...

The rise and impact of insurtech

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2017
Legacy systems and antiquated business models of the global insurance industry are beginning to see significant disruption, prompting traditional insurers to up their game to get ahead of the curve and presenting prime opportunities for collaboration. ...

Wall Street interrupted

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 SEP 2017
It's back to business as usual on Wall Street. The sum of all fears - well, nearly all - many investors braced for didn't quite add up. US equities, the yield on 10-year US Treasuries and the US dollar, they all fell down last week as investors feared ...

More clarity needed in key person risk management: Report

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017
... business model threats; and strategies to retain key management personnel and critical employees. "Accelerating business disruption gives greater urgency to communication of human capital responses, especially where business models are vulnerable to ...

ASIC flags stronger adviser surveillance

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 AUG 2017
... corporate regulator also said it is addressing numerous long-term challenges, particularly around managing digital disruption and the emergence of new products and service delivery models. The regulator highlighted the risks resulting from structural ...

Executives must think beyond the technical

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 AUG 2017
... said. What she brought to the table was the big picture. One audience member pointed out that in the face of digital disruption, job automation and FoFA - which are taking up an intensive amount of leaders' time and efforts - it has been quite a struggle ...

Douglass makes case for Magellan turnaround

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2017
Ahead of the company's annual results next week, Magellan Financial Group chief executive Hamish Douglass explained to investors why the flagship global equity fund has swung back into outperformance after disappointing returns last year. While 2016-17 ...

Class integrates with two boutiques

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2017
... unlicensed accountants can continue to give exempt tax advice and 'execution only' services to SMSF clients with minimal disruption, A.S.A.P. chief executive Jim Hennington said. The advice scoping tool built within A.S.A.P. has been vetted and endorsed ...

The Trump risk on global trade

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2017
... into the United States in such increased quantities or under such conditions as to cause or threaten to cause market disruption to the domestic producers of a like or directly competitive product, the President shall, in accordance with the provisions ...