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Super Plus switches to SMSF fintech

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018
Brisbane-based SMSF administrator Super Plus is migrating its clients to Mclowd, which provides its core software for free. The administrator has entered into a five-year agreement with Mclowd - a fintech with about $1 billion in super assets under ...

Aussies turn to online trading in droves

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2018
The number of retail online investors in Australia is the highest it's been since the GFC, the latest insight from Investment Trends shows. According to a new report, 645,000 Australians placed at least one share trade last year, compared to just 640,000 ...

Industry fund switches to IRESS

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2018
A $7 billion industry superannuation fund will now use IRESS' Acurity platform to administer its member superannuation accounts. The partnership means more than 90% of member transactions at Statewide Super are now automated and paperless. The fund ...

Former Millennium 3 adviser banned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018
A former Millennium 3 and Lonsdale Financial Group financial adviser was banned for seven years for personally using client funds. Glenn William Connor was banned by ASIC after it found that he had used clients' assets as security for a margin loan ...

NPP to take super by storm: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2018
... executive general manager of cashflow and transaction services Michael Eidel said based on a 3% investment return, the switch to real-time payments from the average two-day lag could save members $19.2 million annually. "This is above and beyond the ...

ASIC bans former NAB, Westpac adviser

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2018
... existing products met their needs. In other instances he provided misleading data and information which persuaded clients to switch products, such as inaccurate fee comparison tables, and convinced them their existing insurer did not offer income protection ...

Blockchain saving mutual funds US$2.6bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2018
Switching to blockchain infrastructure can save the mutual funds industry US$2.6 billion in back office costs, latest Calastone research shows. The study, which surveyed 234 global mutual funds, measured the economic impact of blockchain and automation. ...

Chief economist update: As luck would have it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2018
Raised volatility on Wall Street, North Korea, American protectionism, stagnant wages growth and high household debt levels, rising electricity prices and still elevated property prices - and more recently, Barnaby Joyce - these are a few of (not my ...

Global manager begins alternative risk premia push

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2018
... Following Nico Marais joining Wells Fargo Asset Management (WFAM) in 2017, two additional Schroders personnel have made the switch. The focus for Peter Weidner and Mark Brandreth among Wells Fargo's multi-asset team will be to design alternative risk ...

Copia appoints new CFO from Mutual Trust

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2018
Copia Investment Partners has appointed a new chief financial officer. Michael Voskresensky joins Copia from Mutual Trust, where he spent 12 years. His most recent role there was general manager - finance, and during his tenure Voskresensky had oversight ...