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Midwinter unveils digital advice platform

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
... to Financial Standard, she explained: "'Robo-advice' has a connotation to it; in the US, robo-advice is solely risk profiling a client and putting them into a portfolio of investments. What we're doing is a bit more holistic. "We're building the tools ...

Advisers need to educate

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2015
... also argued that risk profiles were largely useless for understanding a client's investment needs. "I don't do risk profiling. I'm in trouble with compliance," she said. "Most advisers get clients to sign risk profiles before the first meeting! Where's ...

St George head of advice joins Anne Street

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2015
... ASIC raised concerns about the group's SMSF advice back in September 2013, Anne Street Partners has improved its risk profiling tool and advice template documentation, introduced a new client relationship management system and has placed all its representatives ...

Anne Street SMSF advice falls under ASIC radar

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2013
... also been inadequate monitoring and supervision of representatives. Anne Street has already started to improve its risk profiling tool and advice template documentation, it has implemented a new client relationship management system and is ensuring that ...

IRESS launches XPLANtouch app

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAR 2013
... present a client's data in a visual mind map," IRESS managing director Andrew Walsh said. "They can also complete the risk profiling questionnaire, produce results and discuss outcomes while sitting with the client in the meeting," Walsh said. "XPLANtouch ...

US advisers don't understand clients risk tolerances

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013
Advisers in the US are recommending products to clients based on inadequate risk profiling assessments, according to research from Cerulli Associates. The result is that clients are being put into investment and risk products that don't suit their risk ...

Advice frameworks need an overhaul

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012
Traditional risk profiling is failing to meet client needs, according to actuarial and consulting firm Milliman Australia, which has found advice and product development should instead be driven by individual investor objectives. "We found that as structural ...

AustralianSuper creates online advice portal

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2011
... members determine their eligibility for the government Age Pension and health care card, while a new investment risk profiling tool is also on the cards. AustralianSuper maintained that while online advice is a "logical" and "necessary" step for customers ...

Mercer plans for post FOFA advice dominance

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2011
... policies in place for dealer groups to use, creating funds and changing the way they operate. "We have experts in risk profiling tools that we are modifying for financial planners, including that could stress test a financial plan," Long told Financial ...

VFMC brings risk management in-house

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2010
... to help oversee the process. Justin Arter, chief executive at VFMC, said the firm previously outsourced client risk profiling and asset allocation reviews but has brought it in-house to provide broader service to clients. "The process looks at how many ...