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Magellan boosts retail push for Airlie

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2018
Magellan is close to listing an Australian equities strategy from its recent acquisition of Airlie Funds Management as part of a bid to bring more retail money to the former insto-only strategy. Exchange-traded units of the Airlie Australian Share Fund ...

Wealth group announces new chief executive

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2018
An ASX-listed wealth management group is welcoming its new chief executive, promoting from within. Yellow Brick Road has appointed Frank Ganis as its leader. He joined YBR as a board member in 2017 and recently stepped into an advisory role. Ganis was ...

Robo-advice register launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2018
Adviser Ratings has launched a new website that compares a multitude of robo-advisers in the market. The Robo Adviser (Smart Tools) register profiles 36 financial management fintech solutions sold directly to consumers that provide budgeting, trading ...

Macquarie boss joins climate change commission

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2018
Macquarie's chief executive designate Shemara Wikramanayake has been named a commissioner for a global climate change initiative, alongside Bill Gates and Ban Ki-Moon. The Global Commission on Adaptation was launched at The Hague yesterday with ...

Advice is valuable but advocacy issues abound

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
Australians need to experience financial advice first-hand to truly understand its financial, emotional and behavioural benefits. However, there are many issues hindering take-up. That is the underlying theme of the Association of Financial Advisers' ...

Netwealth releases adviser toolkit

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2018
Netwealth has launched a free open-source toolkit that wealth management businesses can leverage for innovation workshops in their offices. The first release focuses on customer experience and journey. The netwealth customer Journey Map workshop puts ...

Industry veterans join global commission

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2018
The chairman at a $6 billion Australian infrastructure fund and a former AIST chief executive are being welcomed as executives of a new global financial sector initiative which targets the end of modern slavery and human trafficking. Joining the newly-formed ...

Open APIs old news: Midwinter

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2018
Fintechs not supporting open APIs won't be around in five years' time, according to a Midwinter executive. Midwinter chief technology officer and executive director Andrew McClelland believes open application programming interfaces (APIs) are now a ...

Industry fund cuts property portfolio emissions

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2018
A $46 billion industry fund is aiming to slash its property portfolio emissions to zero by 2030. Cbus chief investment officer Kristian Fok laid out a roadmap of what the fund wants to achieve at the recent Global Climate Action Summit held in San Francisco. ...

Advisers warming up to LICs

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2018
Adviser participation in the IPOs of listed investment companies has jumped by nearly 30% since July last year, according to a leading IPO specialist. SeedPartnerships director Chris Clayton says until last year about 80% of LIC floats were taken up ...