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MGP partners with fintech for adviser solution

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2018
Managed Accounts Holdings (MGP) has partnered with an Australian fintech to offer money management solutions to advice practices using its platform. The partnership with Moneysoft will provide advisers working with MGP's platform preferential pricing ...

Robo-adviser crashes during Wall Street selloff

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2018
One of the largest robo-advisers in the US saw its website go offline while markets fell across the globe on February 5. Wealthfront had to issue multiple clarifications to users via Twitter after complaints reached the platform that the website was ...

Chief economist update: This time is different

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2018
... an investor going into Merrill Lynch's office in Miami and opening fire, killing the branch manager and wounding a stock broker before turning the gun on himself in 1987. And this from UPI, "An investor who 'got caught' in the stock market crash committed ...

La Trobe Financial appoints client partnerships manager

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2018
... experience with brokers." "I am delighted to be joining a credit team so committed to providing practical solutions to broker partners and borrowers across Australia. I look forward to assisting brokers throughout Sydney and greater NSW with the best ...

CMC Markets hires head of sales trading

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2018
CMC Markets announced its new Sydney-based sales trading head for the Asia Pacific and Canada division. Ashley Glover will lead the CMC Markets APAC team to build its high-net-worth and frequent trader client base, as well as focus on delivering customer ...

Changing nature of advice to benefit institutions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2018
The era of new business models and increasing education debt will see new financial planners begin their careers in salaried positions and place existing advisers' exit strategies at risk. That is the view of Connect Financial Service Brokers chief ...

Group insurance dominates life insurance channels: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2018
... super fund. Almost one-in-three (32%) used a financial planner to obtain life insurance cover, while only a few used a broker. The results counter conflicting reports from two different surveys released this month, which found online and telephone sales ...

Asset management services provider expands to Australia

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2018
A global brokerage firm has acquired a licence to offer multi-asset investment management services in Australia. Blackwell Global Hong Kong attained a licence via the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission to issue asset management services relating ...

Global trading platform opens Sydney office

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2018
Institutional trading platform firm Tourmaline Partners is opening an office in Sydney and will be led by two former Northern Trust executives. James Santo and Neil Hetherington were appointed as managing directors of Tourmaline's Australian operations ...

OpenMarkets appoints executive, announces integration

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2018
Digital stockbroker OpenMarkets has appointed its first chief operating officer and integrated with an ASX-listed fintech to benefit Australia's growing network of self-directed investors. Lee Redpath joined OpenMarkets in the newly-created role, leaving ...