The Financial Services Council (FSC) has launched a simple new service to assist anyone who may be unable to locate their life insurance policy as a result of the ongoing bushfire disaster.
Technology company Iress has launched an automated superannuation administration service - called Automated Super Admin - designed to improve and automate more steps of the administration process for superannuation funds.
Chi-X Australia has opened its funds market with the launch of the first fund on the service - the Fidante Partners' ActiveX Kapstream Absolute Return Income Fund (XKAP). The Fidante fund provides listed access to the Kapstream Absolute Return Income Fund.
Specialist equities fund manager Cooper Investors has launched its Global Endowment Fund - a wholesale unit trust version of an internal strategy it has been running since late 2016.
Digital ASX trading platform, OpenMarkets Australia, has launched a new trading platform, OpenMarkets Equix.
State Street Global Advisors has launched a new suite of model portfolios using exchange traded fund (ETFs), called the State Street Global Advisors ETF Model Portfolios.
Fund transaction network Calastone has announced that it will migrate its network to distributed ledger technology blockchain via its new Distributed Market Infrastructure (DMI).
Platform provider Powerwrap has launched a new service for financial advisers looking to establish and grow their own advisory business - called Tickr.
Atchison Consultants has teamed up with Heuristic Investment Systems in order to offer strategic and dynamic asset allocation (SAA and DAA) research and advice to its clients.
A new platform has launched - called OpenInvest - designed to give self managed superannuation trustees and other retail investors direct access to a range of fund managers and their expertise.