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KPMG appoints wealth management strategy lead

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2017
... to market and decision making." KPMG has also entered into an agreement to use Class Super for its SMSF administration software and Class Portfolio in its business advisory group. The news comes after Class chief executive Kevin Bungard flagged AMP's ...

NAB hastily recruits after announcing job cuts

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017
... banking group is immediately recruiting for 600 new, technology-based positions. Seeking specialists in the areas of software engineering, data, architecture and security, NAB is looking domestically and globally for up to 2000 new staff members to add ...

Greater tech support needed for goals-based advice strategies

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017
... struggling to integrate existing systems with the goals-based approach. An opportunity exists for financial planning software providers to develop a solution capable of executing the efficient, repeatable and robust processes carried out by goals-based ...

Xero consolidates stock exchange listings

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2017
Global cloud accounting software provider Xero will delist from the New Zealand Stock Exchange and transfer all shares to the Australian Securities Exchange. Announcing the move via its half-year results, Xero said it would consolidate its listing on ...

Managed accounts sector knuckles down on data standards

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2017
... longer practicable. Potter said other industries have already developed standard data transfer formats, citing planning software as an adjacent market example of widespread adoption of a single industry wide standard. "Since managed accounts are still ...

BGL enhances life insurance solution

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2017
Self-managed super funds can now obtain quotes and review life insurance policies via SMSF admin software Simple Fund 360. Parent company BGL Corporate Solutions appointed AIA Australia as the underwriter and Australian Group Insurances (AGI) to provide ...

FinPal integrates broking capabilities

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2017
FinPal will add functionality for mortgage brokers to its software to accommodate for the increasing overlap of broking with financial advice. The next release of the FinPal software will seek to bridge the gap created by advisers and brokers using ...

Financial services firms eye machine learning

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2017
... interaction; and the rise of quantitative investing. Bloomberg global head of machine Gideon Mann defines machine learning as software that incorporates "fairly complicated statistical models" by using optimisation techniques to fit certain parameters. ...

Managed accounts platform doubles FUA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 31 OCT 2017
... traditional wraps and the unlisted managed funds platform mFund. The following month, WealthO2 launched Super Simplifier, software solutions that enable clients to select a mix of investments from a pool of assets broader than that of a retail or industry ...

BT Financial Group expands SMSF capability

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2017
BT Financial Group is enhancing its Panorama platform's SMSF solution through a partnership with a leading software provider. By partnering with BGL Corporate Solutions, accountants and advisers now have access to two way data feeds from BT Panorama ...