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Australian Ethical appoints new executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2018
Australian Ethical Investment named a new executive officer, superannuation in addition to a raft of appointments to its investment, ethics and marketing team. The ethical investment manager confirmed head of product operations Matthew Gahan is replacing ...

Acadian talks big data 2.0, launches A-shares strategy

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2018
... program for qualified institutional investors, and more recently through the less-restricted Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock Connect mechanisms. "This strategy highlights Acadian's ability to manage the unique risks associated with the A-shares asset class ...

Blockchain saving mutual funds US$2.6bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2018
... and email to process orders, the research said. Investing in technology to support new infrastructure and to be able to connect to automated services were a concern for many firms and a worry for more than half (58%) of Australian respondents. Since ...

Fintech incubator and law firm align

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2018
Fintech hub Stone & Chalk is partnering with a leading financial services law firm looking to aid the start-up community. Hall & Wilcox is now a corporate partner of the not-for-profit incubator, alongside the likes of NAB, ANZ, Optus, IAG, Suncorp ...

BetaShares shareholder buys $13 billion fund manager

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2018
A significant shareholder in BetaShares has added a $13 billion ETF manager to its growing stable. Korea-based Mirae Asset Global Investments entered a $616 million definitive agreement to purchase 100% of fully diluted shares in New York-based ETF ...

Class recruits data manager

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2018
The former head of client experience at WealthO2 has joined Class to grow the delivery of data feeds to financial advisers. Joining the SMSF administrator as feeds operations manager is Tom Sargent. Sargent joins after 12 months with WealthO2. Sargent ...

Institutions suffer financial adviser drain

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2018
... its wealth business. It culminated in the divestment of four aligned dealer groups, representing 717 advisers, to IOOF. Connect Financial Service Brokers chief executive Paul Tynan questioned the narrative of wealth executives transitioning to the "non-institutional ...

Costs fundamental to IOOF advice growth

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2018
IOOF flagged cost management as crucial to the success of its financial advice-led strategy, one that recorded inflows of $1.2 billion in the first half of FY18 and is about to acquire ANZ Wealth. Releasing the company's 1H18 results this morning, Kelaher ...

IOOF partners with GROW Super

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2018
IOOF purchased a minority stake in GROW Super to help the wealth group expand and boost the digital capabilities of its own financial adviser network. IOOF said the partnership will facilitate member engagement with superannuation and the connectivity ...

WisdomTree expands to Asia Pacific

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018
... and each consists of about 300 Shanghai and Shenzhen listed stocks. Both ETFs are physical A-shares ETFs utilising Stock Connect and have a total expense ratio of 0.50% compared to the 1% average fee typically observed in the industry. The Premia CSI ...