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CBA and Queensland Treasury build blockchain bond

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2017
... obligation - is able to automatically pay coupons for the current holder when due, and was developed in digital form using smart contract technology by CBAs blockchain and institutional banking and markets teams. CBA said the use of a decentralised digital ...

Wealth firm releases planning app Nettshell

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2017
Brisbane-based wealth management company Collins Mann Financial Management released an app which they say will keep financial planners honest. In an interview with Financial Standard, Collins Mann Financial Management (CMFM) co-director Mark Collins ...

ING partners for fraud prevention

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2017
... joined up with INFORM GmbH to ensure customer security. The INFORM Fraud Prevention software (formerly RiskShield) uses "smart decision logic" and is flexible enough to accommodate the RBA's requirements for NPP usage. It will allow ING to risk assess ...

First-mover advantage key to smart beta ETFs

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 9 JAN 2017
Investments in smart beta equity exchange traded funds (ETFs) and exchange traded products (ETPs) reached a new record-high of $690 billion globally, and the product incumbents continue to gain ground, a report shows. The findings were part of the latest ...

Innovate to beat innovation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JAN 2017
As technological change rapidly accelerates, asset managers are being warned to adapt before they get left behind. Global research firm Cerulli Associates says managers cannot ignore the growing trend of robo-advice and emergence of blockchain technology. ...

REST launches online financial advice

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 19 DEC 2016
REST Industry Super will now deliver online personalised financial advice to its members via a new partnership. Partnering with Midwinter, REST has launched the REST Advice Online platform, based on Midwinter's AdviceOS system. It will allow members ...

Industry fund seeks volatility overlay mandate

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2016
... asset classes combined and volatility is quite enormous." In 2016 it also signed a deal with the New York Stock Exchange on smart alternative beta indices that use options. Ho said one of the largest issuers in the US in filing for an ETF on that index ...

Equity Trustees flags acquisition

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2016
Equity Trustees is considering an acquisition of a bank's estates business. Sandhurst Trustees - owned by Bendigo and Adelaide Bank - provides investment, funds and estate management, superannuation, commercial loans and custodial services. It is also ...

Vale George Vassos: Omega Global Investors

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2016
... directors and co-workers at Omega Global Investors have remembered their beloved friend as a positive, warm, personable and smart man who leaves an impressive legacy. Omega co-founder Andrew Gruskin said the entrepreneurial spirit that conceived Omega ...

MySuper lifecycle funds lead the pack

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2016
... MySuper also recorded a net growth of 25% in total assets along with five-fold increase in number of member accounts; ANZ Smart Choice Super grew by 100% in total assets and a net growth of 15% in member accounts; and CFS First Choice had a net increase ...