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TAL forms medical advisory board

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JAN 2018
... St Vincent's Clinical School respiratory specialist David Bryant; University of Sydney Chair of Neurology professor, and Brain and Mind Centre co-director Matthew Kiernan; Chris O'Brien Lifehouse chief clinical officer Michael Boyer; and College of Clinical ...

MLC Life enhances benefits, boosts savings

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2017
... needed to be completed in a single operation. Meanwhile, partial benefits are now payable for new conditions of early stage brain tumour or intracranial brain tumour under the extra benefits option. "Our ambition is to be the leading and most trusted ...

Increased scrutiny driving regtech need

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2017
Kaplan Professional is urging financial advisers and their licensees to embrace regtech solutions in the face of ASIC's recent crackdown on non-compliance. Kaplan and Red Marker - which was acquired by Kaplan earlier this year - are working together ...

Link Fund Solutions wins first client

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2017
Link Fund Solutions secured a mandate from a new small-cap boutique manager, marking the service provider's first client since rebranding. Link Fund Solutions has been appointed by QVG Capital to provide fund administration and custody services for ...

As clear as it gets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2017
Seven in two. Seven Fed officials over the past two days have spoken, putting forward their individual rationales over the rationality or not of the Fed's ongoing path towards normalisation given the prevailing strong growth/labour market and below ...

Active management culture shifts boardroom discussion

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2017
A global fund manager says all active management is not created equal yet it is being lumped together, leaving the industry to rewire its conversations with asset owners. During a trip to Melbourne, Sydney and Auckland recently to speak to institutional ...

Looking ahead key to flipping bad money habits

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 10 JUL 2017
... saving and 46% who are living without a weekly budget. As part of the project, Harris undertook an experiment analysing the brain-wave activity of study participants when considering various financial scenarios and found that 72% shifted their mindset ...

Netwealth backing financial literacy in schools

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2017
Leading platform provider netwealth launched a financial literacy campaign this week, looking to bring financial education to the classroom through an interactive tool aligned with existing school curriculums. Banqer, designed by a New Zealand start-up ...

NSW government pins fintech job hopes to H2 Ventures

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2017
The NSW government has underwritten a deal between specialist lender Investec and H2 Ventures which will provide the fintech accelerator with an additional $4 million in funding. Deputy Premier and Minister for Small Business John Barilaro said the ...

Advice firm creates aged care subsidiary

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2017
A Queensland financial advice practice is launching a subsidiary business assisting the elderly transition into aged care. Gold Coast-based Wealth Planning Partners has established Trusted Aged Care Services to provide a suite of services to families ...