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Planners divided on mental health advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2017
... protection strategies. "New clients often turn up thinking we're only there to discuss how many zeroes they have in their bank accounts...This means they can become quite surprised when we ask the last time they visited their dentist, how much they typically ...

Aussie fintech usage surges

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017
... capitalise on consumers' appetite for innovative financial services, he said. As Westpac announced its full-year results, the bank iterated its commitment to fintech, having invested $100 million in independent venture capital fund Reinventure. Sixteen ...

Morrison backs customer-owned banking reforms

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017
Treasurer Scott Morrison has backed the entire proposed reform package for the banking co-ops and mutuals sector in an effort to further increase competition in banking and financial services. The Hammond Review found a widespread lack of recognition ...

Mainstream renews boutique fund administration mandate

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017
... Share Fund strategy. Kleindyk joined Ubique from Argo. Custodian for the Ubique Australian Share Fund is J.P. Morgan Chase Bank. As at September 2017, Mainstream provided administration services to 719 funds globally with assets in excess of A$123 billion ...

NAB hastily recruits after announcing job cuts

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017
... teams by 2020. "We want the top talent in the industry to come and join us, as we change dramatically to become the very best bank we can be and give our customers the products and services they demand and deserve," NAB chief technology and operations ...

AMP introduces facial recognition for mobile clients

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017
Users of AMP's wealth management apps can now log-in via facial recognition. Facial recognition identification enhances the experience of using the Bett3r and My AMP apps, according to AMP's director of digital and design, Michael Weeding. "The apps ...

Greater tech support needed for goals-based advice strategies

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017
Despite growing popularity of the goals-based advice model, financial advisers are struggling to integrate existing systems with the goals-based approach. An opportunity exists for financial planning software providers to develop a solution capable ...

China's inflation lift indicates strong demand

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017
... earlier, previous NBS data showed." While the rising pressure on consumer and producer prices suggests that the People's Bank of China (PBOC) could switch its current neutral with a tightening bias policy into actual tightening, note that despite the ...

Xero consolidates stock exchange listings

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2017
... February 2018. At the same time, the company announced it has established a $100 million stand-by debt facility with ANZ and the Bank of New Zealand to improve its overall liquidity position. There are no current plans to draw down on the facility, Xero ...

Goldman Sachs names new raft of managing directors

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2017
Goldman Sachs selected its new class of managing directors, promoting four members of its Australian team and an additional three Australians working offshore. Head of financial sponsors Tim Freeman, financial institutions banker Phillipe Perzi, head ...