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Technological advancement puts infrastructure at risk: KPMG

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2017
... impact of technology continues to widen and deepen. "The widening will come from the discovery and application of new technologies, new uses for existing technologies and increased collaboration between asset owners/operators and consumers," the report ...

Innovate to beat innovation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JAN 2017
... trend of robo-advice and emergence of blockchain technology. Managers must develop clear strategies to adopt the technologies without cannibalising existing business or putting traditional financial advisers offside, Cerulli says. "As computers get faster ...

Top 10 financial planning stories in 2016

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 20 DEC 2016
... Australia. Appropriately named AMP Advice, the new business is integrating face-to-face adviser experiences with new technologies designed to make "goals-based advice more accessible to more Australians." New clients will work with "goals coaches" to ...

Brandon Capital to build largest Commonwealth VC fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2016
... development, with little value returned to the country. The size of the MRCF BTF provides the opportunity for these technologies to be developed to much later stages in Australia, and in some cases through to the market and importantly patients, retaining ...

Pillar sold to Mercer

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2016
... get closer to members. For this reason we have invested heavily in our people capability, process innovation and technologies to ensure we are ready for these opportunities," Walsh said. Walsh hinted Mercer's larger actuarial and investment consulting ...

Robo is the adviser's new best friend

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2016
... clients and help those clients better understand the advice they are receiving. "Advisory firms may need to embrace new technologies in order to meet clients on their own terms. But this doesn't mean replacing human advisers. Robo advisers are widely ...

SMSFs encouraged to embrace fintech

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016
... these unnecessary fees and improve efficiency both for the client and the adviser. She added new portfolio management technologies have come to market that offer independent financial advisers off-the-shelf solutions to automatically construct, rebalance ...

CBA in world-first blockchain transaction

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2016
... Michael Eidel, said this proof of concept shows how organisations around the world can take advantage of these emerging technologies, as existing trade finance methods are "ripe for disruption". "We strive to stay at the forefront of disruptive technologies ...

Profitable firms leverage from within: Macquarie

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2016
... the clients they already service. "High performers also differentiate themselves by their focus on improving the technologies they use and retaining quality staff," Macquarie Wealth Management division director, David Clatworthy said. "Nearly 80% of ...

NSW Medical Devices Fund grants $8.6m

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2016
... part of the $8.6 million in funding from the NSW Government's Medical Devices Fund to bring new treatments and technologies to the market. University backed incubator ATP Innovations and seed capital specialist Brandon Capital were behind three of ...