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Beware tech firms in financial services

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2019
... assess things like loan risk according to the report. BIS concedes that in some areas these tech companies could enhance efficiency in the financial services industry and promote financial inclusion. The BIS report views big tech's further entry into ...

How key is gender in retirement outcomes?

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2019
... various options, consideration needs to be given to how the fundamental principles of financial security, fairness and efficiency are affected.

Liquidnet acquires fintech

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2019
... data they need to create greater conviction in their investment ideas, and then execute those ideas with speed and efficiency." Prattle was launched in 2014 by former academics Evan Schnidman and Bill MacMillan. Both will continue to oversee the day-to-ay ...

Cashwerkz, Praemium ink deal

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2019
... feeds and reporting will provide great efficiencies for advice businesses." Praemium is also exploring further adviser efficiency opportunities with Cashwerkz across each of the other managed accounts solutions on the one integrated platform for custody ...

SSGA launches four model portfolios

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2019
... Portfolio. The risk-based strategies, which offer three options - moderate, balanced and growth - aim to optimise capital efficiency over the long-term by investing in multiple ETFs. Asset classes include domestic and international equities and investment-grade ...

Government to revisit retirement incomes

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2019
... of retirement incomes, as well as enact the recommendations from the Productivity Commission's review into the efficiency and competitiveness of superannuation. "I am positively disposed to a review of the retirement income system as recommended ...

Zurich launches new client portal

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2019
... The My Zurich portal will offer a new level of engagement for clients, which Zurich said will drive greater adviser efficiency and streamline non-core client administration tasks. The new portal means tasks like changing addresses, updating credit card ...

BetaShares launches new ETF

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2019
... methodology provides investors with the return potential that comes from a focus on quality companies, along with the cost-efficiency and transparency that is available from a passive indexing approach." He added that BetaShares' approach to the quality-focussed ...

OneVue, Mainstream automate cross-platform transfers

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2019
... differentiate its value and portfolio of services, so the ability to transfer holdings across platforms is key to market efficiency and competition," Hagger said. "By automating the highly manual and costly transfers process, Calastone is enabling greater ...

Insurtechs improve life insurance inefficiencies: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2019
... and administration, and pricing and underwriting agility. Additionally, insurtechs are helping improve organisational efficiency and accelerating digital transformations. Interestingly, over two-thirds of respondents believe their customers would be ...