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Local fintech investment soars

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2019
... its sale to Temenos ranked sixth among the top 10 fintech deals in Asia. Manly-based Avoka, which helps financial institutions digitally transform customer acquisition and on-boarding, was acquired by Temenos last December for US$245 million. Ant Financial ...

Digital advice platform opens Sydney office

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2019
... Quantifeed will leverage local software engineering talent to grow its offering. It is currently working with 10 institutions in the Asia Pacific region. The company believes the findings from the Royal Commission will ensure demand for digital advice ...

Scholarships open for women in finance and superannuation

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019
Industry groups for women help narrow the gender gap in senior management by providing executive education scholarships for women in finance and superannuation. On Wednesday, Women in Super announced its 2019 scholarship program in partnership with ...

Platform acquisition boosts Bell Financial results

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2019
... remaining stake. TPP is the online broking platform is used by retail clients (Bell Direct) and financial planners and institutions (Desktop Broker). The technology is also white labelled by HSBC, Macquarie and Bell Potter Online. Managing director Alastair ...

ASIC flags post-RC criminal prosecutions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2019
... Commission case studies, ASIC is also looking into a number of instances of misconduct involving major financial institutions and individual representatives. "ASIC expects these investigations to result in a number of referrals to the Commonwealth Director ...

Charities and trust: Glass half empty or half full?

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2019
... increase of eight percentage points over the previous year. This was higher than Australians' trust in any other public institutions: business (52% trusted it), government (42%) and media (40%). At the same time, the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits ...

Netwealth to benefit from RC fallout

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2019
... recommendations might have on their business. However, with the platform expecting advisers to continue to leave larger institutions, Netwealth said a significant number of advisers and intermediaries had selected it as their preferred platform, highlighting ...

J.P. Morgan introduces digital currency for instos

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2019
... times, the bank said. J.P. Morgan said it will begin using the coin for a fraction of the $8.45 trillion it moves for institutions each day. J.P. Morgan head of digital treasury services and blockchain Umar Farooq said the bank has always believed in ...

Challenger adds new boutique

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2019
... the line. Hamilton says FME hasn't been pitched to any Australian clients. The target investor base is non-retail - institutions, wholesale investor or sophisticated investors such as through the private banking channel. Challenger yesterday posted its ...

Former ambassador assesses US-China trade deal

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2019
... and economic power is now being destabalised. "The third, the weakness is that the weakness in western political institutions [the splintering of politically parties and community] into narrowly focused interest groups and identity groups which has lead ...