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Centrepoint unveils new client interface

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2016
... Paul Cullen said: "Advice firms are struggling to invest sufficient resources to provide their clients and staff with the modern digital experience expected today. Compass Online allows firms to outsource the development and maintenance to an industry ...

Succession planning placed on the backburner

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2016
Financial planning and accounting businesses are all too regularly ignoring the need for quality exit and succession plans, according to chief executive of Connect Financial Service Brokers, Paul Tynan. Tynan has observed a growing number of practitioners ...

Narev points to GFC for bank dissatisfaction

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2016
... let customers down and took too long to realise that expectations had changed. He said that working towards reflecting modern expectations is at the top of the bank's agenda; progressing via both internal review and a set of initiatives developed by ...

Advisers must be aware of cognitive nuances

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2016
... Jason Mitchell. Developed over millions of years of evolution, Mitchell described the human brain not as a piece of clean, modern architecture but rather as a rambling farmhouse. "Some parts of our brain were built a long time ago and over the course ...

Bravura hires product manager from BT

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
Software provider Bravura Solutions has expanded its APAC team with the appointment of a product manager for life insurance. David Loader joins Bravura from BT Financial Group where he held various senior product management roles within the retail life ...

LGIAsuper chair steps down

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2016
LGIAsuper's chair has announced her retirement from the $10 billion superannuation fund. Bronwyn Morris will step down from the position when her three-year term ends on November 30. She has served as chair since October 2014, during which she "led ...

MainstreamBPO makes hire for European expansion

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2016
... servicing due to its strong operational infrastructure, available talent pool, established investment management industry and modern regulatory system," MainstreamBPO said in a statement. The company's chairman and managing director Byram Johnston said ...

Austock expands investment menu

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2016
... 33 options with both passive and active managers. Imputation bonds combine the tax benefits of an insurance bond with a modern investment menu. Austock's ChildBuilder bonds are an investment vehicle for parents and grandparents to provide funds for their ...

Link considers Pillar bid

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2016
Large superannuation administrator Link Group is interested in the New South Wales government's sale of Pillar Administration, and it will now consider whether to participate in the bid process. Link told the ASX that if it decides to progress with ...

ASX blockchain move defensive: Professor

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2016
... organisation deserves credit for being aggressive because if this works out it will provide them a halo effect of being modern and on top of technology and attract listings. But in the end I think the motivation is here is fear and what they're doing ...