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China emerging as fintech leader

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2015
China is taking a leading presence in the fintech sector, according to KPMG research.

Mine Wealth + Wellbeing partners admin newcomer

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2015
Mine Wealth + Wellbeing is changing its administration systems provider to Recreo Financial, a small fintech company with its early experience in the SMSF market.

Whitehelm and Cisco to deliver digital city management

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2015
Whitehelm Capital are partnering with US IT giant Cisco to deliver low-cost "smart city" management services.

PractiFi partners with PSK, Godfrey Pembroke vet

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2015
PractiFi has partnered with a veteran financial adviser to streamline his website's client engagement tools.

Industry welcomes Innovation Statement

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2015
The reforms detailed in the Government's recent Innovation Statement have been enthusiastically welcomed by the financial services industry and beyond.

Super funds must ramp cyber protections

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015
An alleged cyber attack on the Australian Bureau of Meteorology this week reaffirms the vital importance of chief information officers and stringent security systems at superannuation funds.

The world of ASFA according to Twitter

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2015
A rocket scientist, an Academy Award winner and a literary figure walked into a bar. I mean, a superannuation conference.

Fiducian updates planner software

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015
Fiducian has updated its software so advisers can track the progress of their client transactions, as well as correspond with them online.

Super fund tech investment to increase 20%

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2015
More than half of superannuation funds are planning to increase the amount of money they spend on technology by 20% over the next year, a Link Group survey has found.

Robo-advice is WALL-E, not Terminator

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2015
Financial planners need to see robo-advice as a friendly, helpful tool, such as Pixar's WALL-E, rather than as the destructive machine pictured in Terminator.