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Super slow to embrace advice opportunity

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2016
... executive Martin Fahy, who warned at the 2016 ASFA Conference that the superannuation industry is "next on the menu" for disruption from the fintech sector. "If we're going to be successful, we have to engage on our members' terms. If we don't, we will ...

ANZ has little time for robo-advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2016
... inefficiencies that you see - even in parts of the United States - that make them a much more attractive place for disruption," Elliott said. However, Elliott acknowledged the "really good thinking" occurring in fintech and hinted at a potential partnership ...

Robo-advisers friend not foe: Cerulli

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2016
Robo-advisers are not the fundamental disruption feared by the financial advice industry but instead are a catalyst among traditional advice providers to move into the digital world. New research from global research and consulting firm Cerulli Associates ...

Super is "next on the menu" for disruption: new ASFA CEO

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2016
The superannuation industry is at high risk of being disrupted by the fintech sector, new Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia chief executive Martin Fahy has warned. Speaking at the 2016 ASFA Conference, Fahy noted the "challenges" inherent ...

CBA in world-first blockchain transaction

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2016
... 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 to understand how they can be used to enable greater efficiencies ...

Global investment redrawn by technology

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2016
Global equity investors will have trouble capturing the true value of stocks without taking technological disruption into account, a Fidelity portfolio manager has warned. Speaking at Fidelity's National Adviser Forum in Sydney, global equities manager ...

ASIC investigating ASX outage

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2016
Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison has confirmed that ASIC is investigating September 19's significant disruption to ASX trading. The ASX has blamed the outage, which was the longest in five years, on a "hardware failure" though no other details were ...

BetaShares launches cybersecurity ETF

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2016
... "Cybersecurity is front of mind for governments, businesses and individuals across the world, with events like the recent census disruption highlighting the extent to which we are all susceptible to cybercrime and thus dependent on cybersecurity as a ...

Good financial advice a challenge: ASIC

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2016
... challenges which pose a threat to its vision as: aligning conduct with investor and consumer trust and confidence; digital disruption and cyber security; structural change through market based financing; complexity in financial markets and products and ...

Future Fund ahead of target on tenth birthday

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2016
... portfolio predominantly in venture capital and early stage investments, benefitting particularly from the innovation and disruption stories across many industrial sectors. It has also derived profits from plugging the private market lending gap left ...