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Advice regtech acquires TIQK assets

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2023
Regtech provider for financial advisers Fourth Line has acquired the intellectual property of defunct startup TIQK. The assets include artificial intelligence and natural language processing technology. Fourth Line chief executive Joel Ronchi said that ...

Advisers pivot to protect retirees from inflation

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2023
... advisers are rotating toward more dynamic strategies. According to a report penned by Challenger and Ensombl, inflation is fast becoming the number one threat to retirement outcomes. The report highlighted a study conducted in the US which saw advisers ...

AI in ESG: Risk or opportunity?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2023
... artificial intelligence (AI) revolution is already rapidly disrupting various industries, speeding up processes and making fast work of huge amounts of data, and investors and businesses need to analyse the material ESG risks and opportunities of AI. ...

Quality stocks outperform on average: Bell AM

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2023
Quality stocks are back in vogue as institutional investors seek out companies with high probability and strong balance sheets amid rising interest rates. Speaking to Financial Standard Bell Asset Management chief investment officer Ned Bell explained ...

FS Sustainability reveals ESG Power50

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2023
... big end of town to the small caps." The 50 professionals on this list work at a variety of companies from financials, to fast moving consumer goods to mining, with the common good of protecting the long-term performance of their companies across a vast ...

Top ETF megatrends: Global X

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2023
Investors are poised to benefit from long-term investments in the minerals and technology needed to reach net zero, a global ETF provider has revealed. Global X ETFs Australia outlined the major exchange traded fund (ETF) investment megatrends - highlighting ...

Super fund ASX dominance stable: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2023
... increased 108% between 2013 to 2022, the nominal value of ASX shares owned through retail super funds increased only half as fast, by just 56%," Rainmaker said. "Given ASX market capitalisation increased 106% through this same period, it means NFP funds' ...

Lumiant, Invest Blue build digital advice platform

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2023
... in Lumiant follows its strategic partnership with outsourcing company Virtual Business Partners in August 2022. "We are a fast-growing company with ambitious goals and our strategic partnerships give us a competitive advantage," Stephen said. "Our investment ...

Sales-oriented fear stunts expansion goals: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2023
... competitive financial advisory landscape," he said. Delving into the psychological factors behind building their businesses, fast-growing firms ten to rate themselves highly on grit, optimism, curiosity, and resilience. "This tendency may contribute ...

How this budget was built

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... 2022-23, the Budget Papers state that the nation's economy is expected to grow only 1.8% in 2023 after surging twice as fast by 3.6% in 2022. Partly explaining the downward tilt is that the commodities sector which boomed in 2022 thanks to the impact ...