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Tech is all upside for insurance: HSBC

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2018
Latest HSBC research highlights insurance is an industry ready for disruption, and envisages significant benefits related to technology-enabled solutions to financial inclusion and affordability issues. In the report HSBC outlines the various ways in ...

Acorns rebrands, issues prospectus

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2018
... monthly customers and $170 million in funds under management. In January, Acorns Australia changed from its original join-venture ownership structure. Acorns was founded in 2012 by father and son team Walter and Jeffrey Cruttenden. The restructure granted ...

Fund manager names new chair

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2018
... investment and development. She recently became a director of IPFM, the ISPT/IFM Investors international property joint venture. She was also recently an independent director of Aconex. ISPT chief executive Daryl Browning said: "On behalf of the board ...

What makes a tech company attractive for HNW investors?

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
... held, solve important problems and distinguish themselves from competitors across large swathes of the market, according venture capital industry leaders on the panel. Venture capital and private equity will be the investment vehicle of choice because ...

IFM partners to launch global property manager

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2018
An Australian-based global fund manager with more than $105 billion under management has established a joint venture company with an unlisted property fund manager. IFM Investors and Industry Super Property Trust (ISPT) have established International ...

QIC wins $550m super fund mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2018
... capital platform will provide Rest members with access to a range of international unlisted assets across private equity and venture capital. "In QIC, we sought out a like-minded approach to investment in growth assets and to further develop our existing ...

CBA mulls sale of Indonesian life business

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2018
... it was also exploring options for its equity stake in China's BoComm Life Insurance which it acquired by way of a joint venture in 2010 with the nation's Bank of Communications.

GROW Super begins group insurance innovation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2018
... world's largest reinsurers to explore the potential for blockchain technology within group insurance. Entering a joint venture with Hannover Life Re Australasia, GROW will use R3's Corda blockchain infrastructure to deliver improved customer experiences. ...

Asset managers gearing for growth in 2018

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2018
The asset management and wider wealth management industries are confident about growth prospects in 2018 but remain realistic about responding to intense fee pressures, a PwC global survey shows. The majority (87%) of the 126 asset and wealth management ...

China A-shares to disrupt emerging markets strategies: Robeco

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2018
... luxuries, healthcare, entertainment and travel." Innovative China, Mio continued, will involve the government creating a venture capital or private equity-esque vehicle to "incubate companies in the new technology space, such as internet companies and ...