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InvestmentLink backs mobile advice start-up

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2016
... InvestmentLink has made its first data grant to a mobile platform for financial advisers. As part of InvestmentLink's commitment to fintech, Harmonee will have 18 months of free access to 600 data feeds, which are currently used by more than 12,000 financial ...

Advisers see fintech as tool not threat

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2016
More financial advisers are embracing fintech as a tool to enhance services rather than seeing it as threat to their livelihood. The new report from the Financial Planning Standards Board (FPSB) aims to start a global conversation around the implications ...

Industry heavyweights back listed venture fund

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2016
... have thrown their weight behind a new listed investment fund which aims to provide funding for early and growth stage fintech start-ups. H2Ocean, the latest brainchild of H2 Ventures founders Ben and Toby Heap, was officially launched by Treasurer Scott ...

Netwealth introduces global managed account solution

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016
... benefits to their clients," Clapham said. Earlier this month netwealth entered into a research partnership with global fintech Tipranks for US stock research, adding to the domestic, multi-asset managed account offering which continues to increase across ...

Survey reveals little faith in bank advice

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2016
Only one in five Australian consumers have faith that traditional retail banks will give them unbiased advice and put their interests first. That's one of the key findings from a recent global survey of 55,000 consumers across 32 countries - including ...

NAB pursues innovation via global banking alliance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2016
NAB has partnered with two global financial institutions to form an international banking innovation alliance. Teaming up with Israel's Bank Leumi and the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC), the alliance will facilitate the sharing of information ...

Saxo open to tech collaborations

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2016
... as businesses look to increase or maintain market share, according to Saxo Capital Markets. Hosting the inaugural Saxo Fintech Agility Conference at Sydney's Stone and Chalk yesterday, the multi-asset trading and investment specialist said companies ...

Agricultural investors create $10 million VC fund

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2016
... in 2017. SproutX general manager, Sam Trethewey, said: "Australia's biggest natural advantage lies in agriculture, not fintech, and we need to invest to ensure that we lead the way in developing and commercialising innovations in agtech." "The innovation ...

Deloitte partner moves to Trustee Partners

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2016
... of Tidswell Financial Services, and is aiming to provide an alternative trustee business for superannuation funds and fintech entrepreneurs. It recently acquired two established trustee companies and aims to achieve an initial growth platform of $20 ...

Netwealth enters fintech partnership

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2016
... Australia's largest non-institutional platform, Netwealth, has entered an exclusive platform arrangement with a global fintech firm. Through the arrangement TipRanks will provide research on all major shares listed on US markets, to assist advisers in ...