Moneysoft makes client engagement more compelling with its new user interface

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Moneysoft has re-launched its client engagement and financial wellbeing platform with a more intuitive and streamlined user interface that cuts the time it takes professionals to analyse their clients’ key... Read more continue reading

Platforms actively combating cyber fraud: Investment Trends report

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Leading research firm Investment Trends has released its 2017 Platform Benchmarking & Competitive Analysis Report, an in-depth study of the investment platforms used by Australia’s financial planners and their clients.... Read more continue reading

AI-powered platform Nod completes $750K capital raise

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Nod, the artificial intelligence (AI) and natural language processing platform that generates documents in real-time for finance professionals, has raised $750,000 in capital in an oversubscribed funding round as the technology... Read more continue reading

Royal Commission is an imperative for the future wellbeing of financial services…it must be comprehensive says Paul Tynan

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As the Royal Commission into the Banking, Superannuation & Financial Services Industry gets underway Connect Financial Service Brokers (Connect) CEO Paul Tynan said he expects an acknowledgement of the fundamental... Read more continue reading

The top security threats to financial services in 2018

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If you are a small to medium business (SMB), how is cyber security relevant to you? Because only the big companies like Sony and Equifax get hacked, right? RIGHT?! WRONG.... Read more continue reading

Mentor records enrolment increase with planners focussing on new era relevance & productivity growth  

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Financial planners are responding positively to industry qualification requirements with Mentor Education recording a significant increase in enrolments across the leading RTO’s Diploma, Advanced Diploma, Master and Bachelor courses said... Read more continue reading

Ethics and mental health in financial planning

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It’s a disturbing statistic. Each year, one in five Australians suffer from a mental illness; it is the third leading cause of disability burden in Australia[1]. Ethical practice underpins the... Read more continue reading

Family trusts – a growing force in the Australian economy

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Family trusts have always been an important structure for business planning, tax planning and estate planning, mainly due to their tax efficiency, asset protection, flexibility and succession possibilities. Increasingly, they... Read more continue reading

Most Australian organisations aren’t ready for the Notifiable Data Breaches scheme; but it’s not too late   

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Large numbers of Australian organisations of all sizes and sectors don’t know where to start when it comes to Australia’s new Notifiable Data Breaches (NDB) scheme and, as a result,... Read more continue reading

Five New Year’s money management resolutions to keep your business firing on all cylinders in 2018

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Every year without fail, January comes rolling around and we set resolutions to better our personal lives such as eating healthier or joining a gym. Unfortunately, only 9% of those... Read more continue reading