Industry experts to pick top innovators

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Afiniation are excited to announce the members of the Afiniation Showcase Selection Committee. These heavy-hitters will judge applications to present at the Melbourne Showcase on April 14th, choosing the 30 most... Read more continue reading

Synchron helping advisers address the revenue gap

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Australia’s leading non-institutional licensee Synchron has announced the launch of two initiatives to help advisers facing reduced revenues as a result of the Life Insurance Framework (LIF). “Following the release... Read more continue reading

Afiniation and Financial Services Knowledge Hub announce partnership and launches second Showcase event

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Afiniation (The FinTech Network) is pleased to announce that it has partnered with the Financial Services Knowledge Hub, the NSW Government initiative coordinated by the Committee for Sydney, to drive... Read more continue reading

New alliance supports education of advisers in Australia and New Zealand

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Capital Preferences, a leading global financial technology company founded in the United States, has entered into the Australian market and formed a strategic partnership with PortfolioConstruction Forum, naming it the... Read more continue reading

Banking one of the most popular reasons for going online

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Banking was one of the most popular reasons people used the internet in 2014-15 – and that trend is expected to fuel growth in the number of people buying and... Read more continue reading

Why is non‑mining business investment so weak and what is the outlook?

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A lift in non‑mining investment remains the missing ingredient in the Australian economic growth transition story. Some of the cyclical drivers of business investment have moved in a direction that... Read more continue reading

Investment Trends 2015 High Net Worth Investor Report released

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Investment Trends has recently released its flagship 2015 High Net Worth Investor Report, the largest annual study of Australia’s wealthiest investors, drawing on responses from 2,998 Australian millionaires, who collectively... Read more continue reading

Push to simplify financial statements is a bonus for businesses

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The global push to simplify financial statements is gathering momentum, and those preparing accounts should take the opportunity to conduct their own “decluttering” process, says Crowe Horwath’s Audit Technical Director... Read more continue reading

Video: AdviserVoice/Zurich FinTech Lab – Episode 6, Domacom

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Welcome to the sixth episode of the FinTech Lab video series. We give FinTech providers an opportunity to pitch their products, have them tested by a panel of advice professionals and be... Read more continue reading

The early demise of the Robo breeds digital advice era

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The tone of conversations between institutional investors and wealth managers in the United States has changed in recent past, considerably. There is an undeniable seismic shift away from what the... Read more continue reading