TECHNOLOGY

Financial planning

Paemium has posted a 72 per cent increase in profit for FY2016 thanks to advisers embracing SMA technology....

Funds management

Technology funds were cheap and offered strong long-term investment opportunities, according to BT Investment Management’s head of global equities. ...

Financial planning

Infocus has launched direct-to-consumer free robo-advice solution, earnie.com.au, using Praemium as a technology partner. ...

Features

Malavika Santhebennur finds out what else is on advisers’ minds other than the 2016 Federal Budget and FOFA in part three of this feature....

Funds management

Investors need to diversify their income streams by looking at ‘non-traditional’ sectors such as health care, a fund manager said....

Funds management

Income specialist FIIG Securities is launching a mobile app, set to open the bond market to investors....

People & Products

A flexible, cost effective version of a leading personal financial management (PMF) tool will be available next quarter....

Financial planning

Banks are struggling to keep pace with fintech disrupters, with only 18.7 per cent of Australians likely to purchase and use new technologies, according to Roy Morgan....

Financial planning

The latest data from Investment Trends confirms the push for adviser efficiency is driving planning technology development....

Financial planning

Technology can increase financial literacy among Australians but online advice solutions cannot replace the an adviser with emotional intelligence, Deborah Kent said....

Knowledge Centre

As one of the most talked about emerging technologies, some say blockchain technology could revolutionize everything from stock exchange settlements and transport logisti...

Financial planning

A partnership between IRESS and netwealth will provide advisers with “straight-through processing” and decreasing back office inefficiencies through XPLAN software integr...

Policy & Regulation

The Government is launching a national fintech taskforce to help cement Australia’s credentials as “the leading market” for financial technology innovation in Asia Pacifi...

Funds management

Accenture launches specialised practice for banks and brokers to implement blockchain technology and distributed ledger solutions. ...

Financial planning

Macquarie Wealth Management hopes to capture the 80 per cent of Australians who do not access financial advice, with the launch of its OwnersAdvisory model....

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