Michael Blomfield

People & Products

Iress has announced the departure of chief commercial officer, Michael Blomfield, due to health reasons....

Policy & Regulation

Iress announces complete solution for DDO

The financial services technology company will deliver an industry-wide solution to help firms meet the upcoming design and distribution obligations which will come into ...

Financial planning

Iress targets advice fee consent

Iress has looked to the new rules around advice fee consent to roll-out one of the first building blocks of its infrastructure as a service strategy....

Financial planning

The number of SMSF planners being used ‘going nowhere’

Since 2007, the number of self-managed super funds using a financial planner has not grown at the same level as the amount of new trustees. ...

People & Products

Iress appoints chief commercial officer

Research firm Investment Trends chief executive, Michael Blomfield, has been appointed to the newly-created role....

Funds management

Managed accounts save 13 hours a week

Financial planners who use managed accounts are spending more time on client engagement, compliance and due diligence, according to SSGA. ...

Financial planning

Current advice process not an incentive

Financial advice can start with one piece and that can build to full advice later as the advice framework fails to lure Australians into receiving full advice, according ...

Tech

Netwealth tops Digital Wealth rankings

Publicly-listed platform provider Netwealth has continued to assert its leadership – this time in terms of digital wealth applications....

Superannuation

SMSFs in need of advice in key areas

Self-managed superannuation fund members say they want more financial advice, with 315,000 reporting they had unmet advice needs this year, up from 275,000 last year, but...