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Idle technology leaves super fund members behind

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
... system, according to a Zuper co-founder. Chief product officer and co-founder Jon Holloway told yesterday's Calastone Connect Forum in Sydney that after moving to Australia from the UK, many super funds here still lack of understanding about "who ...

Two new ETFs on the block

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018
... invest in China A-shares, after the manager gained a licence to invest in the asset class independent of the China Stock Connect. The VanEck Vectors China New Economy ETF (ASX: CNEW) will track a smart beta strategy index that will pick stocks on 24 ...

Liquidnet appoints Australia head

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2018
... underpin the future vision of its Australian business. "As a financial technology company, our role is to intelligently connect investors, wherever they may sit in the world of investment opportunities. Kate's in-depth industry knowledge and long-standing ...

Cbus invests in UK infrastructure

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
The $47 billion industry fund has taken a direct stake in a UK ports company in which First State Super also holds a share. The investment in Forth Ports is Cbus' first direct offshore investment in infrastructure. It takes Cbus' infrastructure ...

You got me at like: Advisers tap social to retain clients

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2018
... media is simply what the phonebook directory was to the previous generation. It's a means to communicate, contact and connect with existing and prospective clients. The format has changed but the utility is the same, albeit with emojis. Jenny Pearse ...

Random questions forge deep connections

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2018
... Financial planner and first time conference attendee Regina Taarnby agreed, adding she expects the conference will help her connect with advisers facing the same challenges as her. "I wanted to come here because I wanted to learn more about the AFA ...

Quant manager seeks to unscramble cryptocurrency dictionary

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2018
A $160 billion global quantitative investment manager is supporting research that aims to determine whether cryptocurrency prices are predictable. Using natural language processing, the Oxford-Man Institute research is attempting to identify tradeable ...

YTML launches advice app aggregator

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2018
Financial planning technology provider YTML is launching a financial advice app store. The Seido Financial Advice App Store will enable apps designed for each stage of the advice journey to work together to efficiently create compliant advice documents. ...

Pension fund awards custody mandate

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2018
One of the largest pension funds in the world awarded a custody mandate to global giant BNY Mellon. The $827 billion National Pension Service of Korea (NPS) appointed BNY Mellon as its global custodian for fixed income. BNY Mellon Asia Pacific head ...

Diversity a material economic indicator: AXA IM

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2018
The subsidiary of a global investment manager with about $1.2 trillion in assets under management believes diversity is a material economic indicator. Latest research from AXA Investment Managers' (AXA IM) quantitative platform Rosenberg Equities shows ...