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PractiFI opens US office

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2018
... commitment to innovation, giving advisers the ability to use artificial intelligence to deliver scaled advice, bringing huge efficiency gains," PractiFI chief executive Glenn Elliott said at the time. Midwinter entered into a strategic partnership with ...

Industry fund contract under works at Link

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2018
... refocus the LAS business to accommodate a shared service model and employ unfirm technologies globally to increase group efficiency," Link said in the report. Link generated a revenue of $1.2 billion for FY18. This was up 54% pcp. Link today also announced ...

Swiss asset manager eyes Aussie instos

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2018
... (including investment in decentralised grid systems), energy storage infrastructure and systems that improve energy efficiency. In Australia, it will offer the SUSI OECD energy transition fund and the SUSI Asia energy transition fund. "Australia is a ...

SMSFA addresses policy hurdles

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2018
... education when advising on self-managed super funds." Ralston addressed the Productivity Commission's draft report into efficiency in superannuation, saying the SMSFA looked forward to the commission's response to its "compelling submission." ...

OneVue and Mercer join forces

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2018
... flexibility. Its ability to manage a wide range of assets and liabilities and administer managed portfolios provides the efficiency and transparency that our advisers and their clients increasingly need," he said. Mercer Wealth Management's Luke Fitzgerald ...

Super fees outpace asset growth: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2018
... annual contribution of hedged international equities was 11.4%. The Productivity Commission's draft report into the efficiency and competitiveness of super pointed out that Australian superannuation fund members incur some of the highest fees among ...

First on the block: CBA to develop blockchain bond

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2018
... the World Bank and fully support its vision of making innovative use of technology such as blockchain to increase the efficiency of financing solutions to better achieve their goal to end extreme poverty." CBA said blockchain had the potential to streamline ...

Lose grandfathered commissions, lose business: MLC

KARREN VERGARA AND JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2018
... advisers what services they would provide and what they are paying. Furthermore, he pointed out the benefits of scale and efficiency and cost savings - which the consolidation was aiming to achieve - shouldn't be dependent on grandfathered commissions. ...

One measure not enough to revoke MySuper: APRA

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2018
... MySuper authorisation. In its latest submission to the Productivity Commission on superannuation's competitiveness and efficiency, APRA agreed with the Commission's recommendation that persistent underperformance of a fund provides strong grounds for ...

AFCA funding lacks transparency: AIST

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2018
... AFCA for the long-term, will be determined following further industry consultation; complaint forecasts, operational efficiency savings; and resource requirements. This is set to be implemented in July 2021. The AIST has slammed the lack of transparency ...