Quantifeed makes key hires from leading banks as expansion in Asia Pacific continues
Quantifeed today announced the appointment of Audrey Wong in the combined role of Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer, alongside several other key senior hires in Hong Kong and Australia.
Fintech could be bigger than ATMs, PayPal, and Bitcoin combined
We’ve entered the most profound era of change for financial services companies since the 1970s brought us index mutual funds, discount brokers and ATMs. No firm is immune from the coming disruption and every company must have a strategy to harness the powerful advantages of the new financial technology (“fintech”) revolution. The battle already underway will create surprising winners and stunned losers among some of the most powerful names in the financial world: The most contentious conflicts (and partnerships) will be between startups that are completely reengineering decades-old practices, traditional power players who are furiously trying to adapt with their own innovations, and total disruption of established technology & processes: […]
Leading Australian Legal FinTech expert Claire Wivell Plater joins Ignition Wealth Advisory Board
Ignition Wealth CEO Mark Fordree has announced the appointment of Claire Wivell Plater to the Ignition Wealth Advisory Board. “Claire Wivell Plater is a leading Australian expert on compliance and regulatory issues and concerns. Claire’s knowledge, insight and innovative approach will assist Ignition Wealth as we ongoingly develop our digital advice solution. We believe working with industry leaders like Claire will allow us to maintain our position offering a best in class product.”. Mark Fordree, CEO, Ignition Wealth. Claire is a long standing member of the Business Advisory Committee to ASIC’s Licensing Division, and a member of the Federal Treasurer’s FinTech Advisory Group. She is an active supporter […]
BigFuture and Booster Launch Strategic Partnership
BigFuture Pty Limited and Booster Financial Services Limited are pleased to announce their strategic partnership. Booster, a New Zealand based financial services company, will implement BigFuture’s current technology and work with BigFuture to create the next wave of technology for financial advisors. Booster will take up to a 20% equity stake in BigFuture, pay an annual development fee and will have exclusive rights to the BigFuture technology in New Zealand. According to Donald Hellyer, CEO of BigFuture, “Booster is the perfect organisation to partner with BigFuture. The two companies have a common view on where technology is heading for the financial advice and banking industries. Booster provides BigFuture long-term financial […]
Money for millennials: six popular investment options
Millennials have been locked out of the housing market, so are there other avenues of investment open to them? Certainly, the finance industry is working hard on creating products for younger people, but where to turn? The plan for young Aussies has always been: work hard, save your money, buy a house, start a family, then worry about the rest later. Now that the average 20 per cent deposit in Sydney and Melbourne sits at $156,000 and $115,200, respectively, part three (buy a home) in that classic four-point plan is changing. Claire Mackay, a director at Quantum Financial, says that whatever investment choice is made by a millennial investor, the […]
Can robots beat humans as financial advisers?
Jason Lim wants to save enough for a deposit on an apartment but was earning next to nothing by having his money with his bank. He wanted to get some advice on where to invest his money, but a traditional adviser was not for him. “I wanted to earn more than I could get with the bank but was not confident about the level of professionalism in financial advice,” Lim says. The 24-year-old from Melbourne opted for “robo-advice” instead. Robo-advice, or automated advice, is provided online as well as usually on smartphones and iPads. Investors answer a series of questions about themselves and, in response, they receive an investment recommendation. […]
Statewide Super to offer robo-advice
Robo-advice provider Decimal has announced its Eqilize software has been chosen by Statewide Super to provide members with digital financial advice. The South Australia-based industry superannuation fund will roll the software out as part of “a broader system upgrade and expansion project” due to begin in November 2016, Decimal said. “One of our drivers was to integrate digital advice with phone as well as internal and third party face-to-face advisory services, which are areas in which other Decimal clients have had success,” said Statewide Super head of member experience Tony D’Alessandro. “That omni-channel approach is important for Statewide Super to enable us to provide members with services that suit their […]
How can I better manage my portfolio?
Managing your own portfolio means you can minimise fees and maximise returns, but if you’re not using the right tools, you could be creating more work for yourself. Here are some handy ways to make investing easier. If you’re a retail investor in Australia and you’re not using technology, you are probably missing out. There are plenty of new investing tools that are out there for the DIY investor that can make life easier. Whether it’s using an online broker to execute your trades instead of a full service stockbroker or using one of the many portfolio management tools to help you work out your investment position, it’s becoming easier […]
