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Fintech investment needs balance: APRA

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2017
The financial services sector should not be tempted by "shiny new [fintech] toys", and must continue to invest in maintenance of core technology, says APRA chairman Wayne Byres. Speaking at the A50 Australian Economic Forum in Sydney on Friday, Byres ...

Ignition Wealth launches goals-based investing

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2017
Ignition Wealth will launch a goals-based investment offering. The company, which received financial backing from planning pioneer Barry Lambert last year, has appointed SiResearch to provide adaptive asset allocation built around goals which have a ...

Act like a professional to be a professional: Slattery

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2017
To regain the trust of Australians the SMSF sector must maintain the standards expected and demanded of professionals and to think otherwise is delusional. Opening the 2017 SMSF Association National Conference in Melbourne, chief executive Andrea Slattery ...

Bump in business confidence and conditions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2017
Now that's more like it. The NAB monthly business survey showed both business confidence and conditions on the rise. Unlike the seemingly inconsistent result from the December survey - where business conditions gained 4 points while business confidence ...

WHSP throws down the gauntlet

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2017
Washington H. Soul Pattinson is aiming to beat rival contenders with an increased takeover offer for Hunter Hall. Since increasing its bid to $1.60 per share on Friday, WHSP has now matched Pinnacle's unconditional offer of $2 per share. Although this ...

KISS selects SMSF compliance software provider

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2017
Keep It Simple Super (KISS) will now use Simple Fund 360 and CAS 360 as its self-managed superannuation administration and corporate compliance software solutions. Both products are owned by BGL Corporate Solutions, whose managing director Ron Lesh ...

Bentham hires AMP Capital analyst

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2017
Bentham Asset Management appointed a senior analyst specialising in bank capital securities. Linden Smith joins Bentham from AMP Capital, where he was a senior credit analyst in the firm's credit research team. In his role Smith was also the main port ...

ANZ appoints wealth CIO

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2017
ANZ named the man to take over the reins as chief investment officer for its Wealth Australia division. Mark Rider, currently head of investment strategy and asset allocation, will step into the role as of 10 March 2017. Rider succeeds Stewart Brentnall ...

Asset manager appoints Aussie distribution head

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2017
A former senior institutional business development manager at Challenger is the first Australian head of distribution for global asset manager CQS. Louise Watson joined CQS last month, with her appointment marking a significant step in CQS' Australian ...

Look offshore for income: SSGA

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2017
Australia's yield appetite will no longer be sated by income-oriented portfolios that invest solely in domestic assets. A new paper from State Street Global Advisors' SPDR ETF business argues that because of low interest rates and the heavy sector concentration ...