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My Proxi App Unveils 'Pulse,' a Proximity Feature That Finds Aligned Professionals Within 100 Yards
My Proxi App Unveils 'Pulse,' a Proximity Feature That Finds Aligned Professionals Within 100 Yards Official logo for My Proxi App, a next-generation professional networking platform engineered to connect leaders, entrepreneurs, and teams. Trace Sheridan – Founder of MyProxi, leading the market launch of the proximity-based professional networking platform. MyProxi Mobile Application – Preview of the MyProxi user sign-in portal, featuring secure authentication and proximity-based connection tools.
My Proxi App, a Community App for High Achievers, Sets November 5 Launch to Help Users Find 'The Right People'.
My Proxi App, a Community App for High Achievers, Sets November 5 Launch to Help Users Find 'The Right People'. Official logo for My Proxi App, a next-generation professional networking platform engineered to connect leaders, entrepreneurs, and teams. MyProxi Mobile Application – Preview of the MyProxi user sign-in portal, featuring secure authentication and proximity-based connection tools.
The New Verification Signal For AI Recommendations Is Press Releases
Kinetic Curve Marketing Agency an AI Reputation Management Software and Service Company in Prosper Texas AI Engines scan for Off-site Authority on high authority domains, and treat them as "hard facts" to verify a business's existence and expertise in 2026. Today, a press releases are important; because it is a verification signal for AI agents.
Magellan tears up Cricket Australia sponsorship
Magellan has ended a three-year deal Cricket Australia as the naming-rights sponsor that was signed in August 2017. The deal, which commenced during the recent Ashes series against England, will be torn up seven months into the three-year agreement. Australia captain Steve Smith admitted that the senior leadership of the team made and implemented plans to tamper with the ball during the recent third test against South Africa in Cape Town.
Asia Region Funds Passport bill tabled
Minister for Revenue and Financial Services Kelly O’Dwyer said the Asia Region Funds Passport will enable the Australian economy to be better integrated with Asia at large. “It will provide Australian fund managers with access to Asia’s expanding middle class and high net worth individuals, by allowing them to offer their products into the region without having to go through duplicative approval processes in each economy,” Ms O’Dwyer said.
Government broadens ASIC's hiring rules
The Coalition has tabled legislation that will remove the requirement for ASIC to employ people under the Public Service Act 1999. Introducing the legislation, Minister for Revenue and Financial Services Kelly O'Dwyer said the changes would give ASIC "greater operational flexibility" and bring the corporate regulator into line with APRA and the RBA. "ASIC will now have the ability to attract and retain the most appropriate people, to achieve its short and long‑term priorities," Ms O'Dwyer said.
Nationwide Super outsources to Russell Investments
Russell Investments head of institutional business for Australia Jodie Hampshire told InvestorDaily that the small business-focused industry super fund had “fully outsourced all functions of running the fund to Russell Investments”. Nationwide Super will hand over responsibilities of oversight and governance, risk management, and legislative guidance to the global asset manager.
Pengana Capital expands distribution team
According to a statement by Pengana, Broc McCauley and Dan McAleer will step into their new Melbourne-based roles of business development manager and regional business development manager, respectively. Mr McCauley and Mr McAleer will “service and support dealer groups, researchers, platforms and advisers in Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia and Tasmania,” the statement said.
Funds management ‘shrouded in jargon’
Speaking in Sydney yesterday, Janus Henderson co-chief executive Andrew Formica said his industry is particularly bad at explaining what it does to its clients. The reason fund managers exist is because their clients have acknowledged they cannot navigate investment markets on their own, Mr Formica said. Clients need investment returns, he said, but they are also looking to the funds management industry to help them make sense of the world.
Second ASIC deputy chair named
According to a statement from Minister for Revenue and Financial Services Kelly O'Dwyer, legislation was introduced to Parliament today to create a second deputy chairperson role for ASIC.
Data security emerging as ethical theme: RIAA
Speaking to InvestorDaily, Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) chief executive Simon O’Connor said that exclusions and negative screenings tend to shift in line with societal expectations. Mr O’Connor's comments come as Facebook faces scrutiny for its role in a data breach that saw 50 million users' private details made available to UK firm Cambridge Analytica. ETF provider BetaShares removed Facebook from its global sustainability leaders product last Friday.
CBA flags raft of executive departures
CBA has announced three executive departures as Matt Comyn reshapes the leadership team ahead of his official start date of 9 April. Group executives David Whiteing, Kelly Bayer Rosmarin and Melanie Laing will leave CBA in the "coming months". The three departing executives are responsible for enterprise services, institutional banking and human resources, respectively.
SuperConcepts acquires OneVue admin business
For OneVue, the sale is part of its broader plan to focus on a fewer number of core business activities. It follows OneVue’s acquisition of KPMG’s Superannuation Services Business. “We like the SMSF business and its people but it will not receive the management attention required to really grow the business from here,” said OneVue chief executive, Connie Mckeage.
Cryptocurrencies aren't 'currency', says RBA
Speaking in Sydney at the ASIC Annual Forum 2018, RBA assistant governor Michele Bullock said she “object[s] to the term ‘cryptocurrency’”. “It isn't currency. They're not currencies. You can't use them, typically, to make payments,” she said. “They don't store value, and they're not a unit of account.
BetaShares deletes Facebook from ethical ETF
BetaShares has announced its Responsible Investment Committee (RIC) had decided to remove the global tech giant from the BetaShares Global Sustainability Leaders ETF as well as the index it tracks. Facebook represents 3.9 per cent of the ETF portfolio, which is the biggest global ethical ETF that trades on the ASX with $170 million funds under management.
Our process is bigger than Kerr: Platinum
Speaking to financial advisers in Sydney on Wednesday, 21 March, Platinum chief investment officer Andrew Clifford expressed confidence in the asset manager's process despite Mr Neilson's handing over of the reins, reiterating Mr Neilson's continued involvement in the investment and portfolio management teams. “I think one of the important things to understand is how the investment team works.
Hawkish US Fed considering four hikes
The US Federal Open Markets Committee (FOMC) will hold its second monetary policy of the year over Tuesday and Wednesday, culminating in new chair Jerome Powell's first press conference at 2:30pm (US time) on Wednesday. Much interest will focus on Mr Powell's tone, which was distinctly hawkish when he spoke to Congress about the outlook for monetary policy recently, says Fidelity International's Ian Samson.
Establishing blockchain standards ‘critical’
Speaking as part of a panel discussion at the annual ASIC forum on Tuesday, 20 March, trade reporting service provider DTCC Data Repository Singapore chief executive Oliver Williams said developing standards for blockchain was “critical” to ensure interoperability between systems. Using his own industry an example, he pointed out that the aggregation of information and data would be “very difficult” without the implementation of standards.
JP Morgan remains largest custodian: ACSA
The latest statistics from the Australian Custodial Services Association (ACSA) show that total assets under custody for Australian investors grew by 4.9 per cent in the six months to 31 December 2017. Total assets under custody reached just over $3.49 trillion by the end of 2017, with JP Morgan holding the largest share at 22.3 per cent or $779 billion.
FASEA updates education pathway guidance
In a statement on its website, FASEA released new guidance which indicated all ‘relevant providers’ of financial advice will be required to complete at least one unit of study in order to keep practicing, where ‘relevant provider’ refers to anyone on the ASIC financial adviser register.
NAB corporate super GM jumps ship to AMP
According to a statement by AMP, Ms Bourguignon will move into the role of director of strategic marketing and customer experience, a position currently held by Mr Finch. He will be stepping into the role of director of superannuation, retirement and investments on 3 April, which will see him responsible for the financial institution’s superannuation and platform products, the statement said.
FSC Life Insurance Awards winners announced
The FSC Life Insurance Awards, announced in Sydney last night, were divided into three individual and three company-wide awards. AMP Life won the Innovation in Direct Life Insurance Category for its MyLife product, while AMP's Mental Health Training product took out the Innovation in Retail Life Insurance award. MLC Life's LifeView product was awarded the Innovation In Group Life Insurance award.
Open banking cannot ‘bombard’ clients
A panel of industry representatives at the ASIC Forum 2018 in Sydney this week discussed the characteristics of a strong open banking regime, arguing that the customer’s best interests must be kept in mind. Panellist and head of the government’s Review into Open Banking, King & Wood Mallesons partner Scott Farrell, said the nascent data industry should be working towards creating greater convenience for customers.
Cryptocurrency trade spiked in December: report
In a joint research project by Accenture and the Australian Digital Commerce Association (ADCA), 2017 saw $3.9 billion worth of cryptocurrency traded across seven Australian digital currency exchanges (altogether representing two-thirds of the virtual currency market). December 2017 alone made up 59 per cent of the total value of trading activity over the entire year, equating to nearly half (48 per cent) of the 2.7 million in total transactions, according to a statement by Accenture.
ETFs the 'starting point' for Millennials
BetaShares and Investment Trends have launched a joint report that examines the attitudes of people who are currently invested in (or considering) ETFs. According to the report, the average age of ETF investors had dropped: the average age of those who began investing in ETFs five years ago was 56, whereas the average age of those who began investing in ETFs 12 months ago was 42.
Legg Mason to launch ETFs with BetaShares
The partnership will see a number of active ETFs launched, with two ETFs “with an income objective” to launch and trade on the ASX “within the next couple of weeks”, BetaShares told InvestorDaily. Legg Mason managing director, Australia and New Zealand Andy Sowerby said they chose to partner with BetaShares for its “extensive ETF experience, track record of growth, capabilities in sales and marketing and broad suite of funds”.
The bond market just issued a wake-up call - investors should take heed
The unusually spectacular returns of 2017 had up until quite recently saturated the markets with a sense of complacency. Lulled into the expectation that risk assets would inexorably rise, investors entered 2018 with a collective hubris. But pride tends to go before a fall. The shake-up of the last few days in the bond markets, where a rush of sales saw Treasury yields rise to their highest point in months, may be the first sign of a wake-up call.
Global bond opportunities: 5 ideas for the next 12 months
Continued low yields and the risk of rising interest rates mean fixed income investors are continuing to broaden their search for income and total return.
Is Your Online Reputation Killing Referrals?
Continued low yields and the risk of rising interest rates mean fixed income investors are continuing to broaden their search for income and total return. But Nick Gartside – International CIO of Global Fixed Income and portfolio manager for the JPMorgan Global Bond Opportunities Fund and the JPMorgan Global Bond Opportunities ETF – believes global bond markets continue to offer plenty of opportunities for flexible, unconstrained investors.
How to Manage Bond Market Pain and Seek the Gain When Rates Are Rising
With interest rates rising and bond markets in flux, Nick Gartside – International CIO of Global Fixed Income and portfolio manager for the JPMorgan JPM 1.7298578199052133% JPMorgan Chase & Co. U.S.: NYSE USD85.86 1.46 1.7298578199052133% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 18557444 AFTER HOURS USD85.9 0.04 0.04658746797111577% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 514206 P/E Ratio 13.229583975346687 Market Cap 300283213046.048 Dividend Yield 2.3293733985557883% Rev.
Why Focusing on a Target Market Improves Your Chances of Success
This oft-repeated advice has circulated among financial advisors for years. Advisors fear that if they pick a particular target market they won’t get as many clients. Their fears keep them from committing to a specific target market and getting more business. According to CEG Worldwide research, 70% of top financial advisors (those earning $1M or more annually) focus on a particular niche. Why does focusing on a target market improve an advisor’s chances of success?
Bonds beyond borders
In today’s low-yield environment, fixed income investors can’t afford to be constrained by geographic boundaries. Nick Gartside, International Chief Investment Officer for Global Fixed Income at J.P. Morgan Asset Management, discusses the merits of a global unconstrained approach—and looks at the opportunities he’s finding in current markets.
Global bonds: 5 ideas for the next 12 months
With a record number of government bond yields in negative territory, fixed income investors might be forgiven for thinking their options are limited. But Nick Gartside, Portfolio Manager and International CIO of Global Fixed Income, believes this is a sweet spot for bond markets, with plenty of good opportunities to find decent returns for investors who can take a flexible, unconstrained approach.
Global bonds: Opportunity within the turmoil
Some of them, definitely. Others, not so much. Typically, fixed income investors have two enemies—high growth and high inflation. With both absent, this represents a good environment for bond investors. However, not all bond markets and sectors will benefit equally, and this is important. You need two things—flexibility and deep global resources.
Back to the future: The Japanification of Europe?
Mention Japan to an economist and she'll tell you about deflation, debt crises, demographic pressures and decades lost in economic stagnation. In fact, the ingredients of every policymaker's nightmare scenario and the situation Eurozone monetary authorities are desperate to avoid.
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