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Midwinter acquires InvestmentLink

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2019
... maintain key relationships with platforms and data feed clients as head of institutional growth. Midwinter says that a majority of InvestmentLink staff will be retained, and the technology and teams will be consolidated over time. Midwinter co-founders ...

Morgan Stanley raises capital for 86 400

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2019
... transaction accounts, savings accounts and retail mortgages." 86 400 has over 80 staff at the moment. Bell was clear that a majority of those staff members are involved in product testing, which means that if the aspiring bank gets its APRA licence it ...

Insurtechs improve life insurance inefficiencies: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2019
... constraints, legacy systems, technological readiness, compliance issues and concerns of privacy and security. While the majority of insurtechs are now working with incumbent insurers, Parton said the focus should now be about making that collaboration ...

SMSF wind-ups spike: ATO

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2019
... current level of 20,000 per year. I do not see wind-ups returning to the lower level," he said. However, he added that a majority of new SMSFs being set up are by those aged in their 40s and 50s which means that franking credits are not such an issue ...

Industry funds dominate AAA quality list

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2019
One-in-four superannuation products have achieved Rainmaker's AAA quality benchmarks this year, the majority of which are provided by not-for-profit funds. Following an in-depth assessment of 750 superannuation products, only 174 or 23.2% received ...

Members dismiss intra-fund advice: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2019
An overwhelming majority of superannuation fund members working within the financial services industry have never sought financial advice from their fund. About three quarters (71%) of participants in Financial Standard's latest poll admitted intra-fund ...

Home buyers lack basic financial concepts

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2019
... themselves financially confident. Westpac general manager of home ownership Will Ranken said: "It's encouraging to see the majority of home buyers are already making the most of available resources to get up to scratch on key home loan concepts." However ...

Chief economist update: The Fed pause that refreshes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2019
... the minutes of its 19-20 March FOMC meeting. "With regard to the outlook for monetary policy beyond this meeting, a majority of participants expected that the evolution of the economic outlook and risks to the outlook would likely warrant leaving the ...

Advisers loyal to XPLAN: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2019
... Trends Planning Software Benchmarking Report, which showed XPLAN blitzed 29 of 34 categories. Other than XPLAN, the majority of financial planners use COIN, AdviceOS, or AdviserLogic as their main advice delivery applications. CCUBE Integrated Wealth ...

Westpac appoints acting advice GM

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2019
... see through the significant work already underway. "Viridian Advisory is well progressed in the transition with a majority of offers already made to advisers within the group. Early responses have been very positive. There is still a great deal of work ...