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ASX gives timeline for CHESS replacement

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
The Australian Securities Exchange has given an arrival date for its much-anticipated trade clearing and settlement system that will replace the older CHESS system. The new distributed ledger technology (DLT) will start clearing trades for the ASX about ...

Kina expands IRESS relationship

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
A Papua New Guinean bank and wealth management firm is expanding the implementation of an IRESS fund administration platform. Kina Securities, a $4.3 billion fund administrator, will use IRESS' Acurity Online platform to allow its 700,000 PNG members ...

Water risk infiltrates agriculture portfolios

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
... and caught the eye of major Canadian and US pension funds which have ploughed more than $1 billion to the sector since 2007. Tim Lee, a partner of the food and agribusiness advisory division at PwC, says water volatility and accessibility to required ...

What makes a tech company attractive for HNW investors?

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
As artificial intelligence (AI) disrupts technology over the next decade, tech companies could make for key investments in portfolios of HNW and UHNW individuals, according to a four-person panel led by Crestone Wealth Management in Sydney earlier this ...

Sixty per cent of FPA members hold degree

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
Responses to a Financial Planning Association of Australia questionnaire indicate the education levels of its members compare favourably to the planning industry overall. After 3200 members responded in the fortnight since the FPA issued its questionnaire ...

RECAP: Advice in the Royal Commission spotlight (Days 6- 9)

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
In a workweek cut short by a public holiday, the Royal Commission heard evidence which included an AMP adviser identified only as Mr E, whose clients haven't even been informed of his misconduct yet. It also included a high-profile adviser who "most ...

Advisers react to Royal Commission revelations

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
Financial advisers are struggling to comprehend the level of misconduct revealed by the past fortnight's Royal Commission hearings. Will the non-aligned advice space be strengthened by the findings? Or will the vertically integrated model withstand ...

Saxo Bank moves banking platform to cloud

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
Saxo Bank has entered a strategic partnership with tech giant Microsoft, under which it will aim to run the technology stack for all of its banking products on Microsoft cloud. Founder and chief executive Kim Fournai said the move will help the bank ...

Adviser regulation lacking a professional body, RC hears

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
The Association of Financial Advisers decided to retain two financial advisers as members despite them receiving official banning orders from ASIC because the association didn't want to tarnish its reputation and engage in a legal battle. AFA chief ...

MGP responds to Henderson's RC hearing

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
The managed account provider brought into the Royal Commission spotlight by Henderson Maxwell chief executive Sam Henderson has distanced itself from the situation. A line of questioning during Henderson's appearance at the Commission on Tuesday saw ...