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VanEck Australia makes first billion

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2017
... for a quarter of this market," he said. VanEck's second annual smart beta survey recently found 99% of financial professionals using smart beta are 'moderately, very or extremely satisfied'. At least 50% of Australian financial professionals are now ...

Advice group inks deal with $7bn super fund

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2017
... qualified advice referrals for members in mainland Australia via the Association of Independently Owned Financial Professionals (AIOFP). AIOFP manager member services Ray Bailey said the deal "provides significant opportunities for AIOFP members, and ...

Workers' retirement angst growing

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 MAR 2017
... only one in three currently feel they would be able to achieve this. Two out of three said they'd use financial professionals such as financial planners or go directly to their super fund to help them reach their retirement goals. Retirees who used a ...

Stockspot preps new tool for partners

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2016
... advisers, accountants and other professionals to be launched later this year. The tool will enable selected financial professionals to team up with the automated investment adviser to manage client's portfolios including all advice, investing, compliance ...

Vast majority of advisers turning to smart beta: VanEck

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2016
... beta strategies in the future, according to VanEck research. The research was based on a survey of 120 financial professionals and brokers working in an advisory capacity in Australia, with the majority of respondents working for independent financial ...

Morningstar research director returns from Chicago

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2016
... its manager research team at this time. "We remain committed to providing investors, advisers, and other financial professionals with independent, timely research on Australian and New Zealand managed funds, exchange-traded funds, and listed investment ...

Micro-investment app hits 100,000 users in Australia

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2016
... balances over). In May, Acorns also entered into a partnership with the Association of Independently Owned Financial Professionals to create a similar app for superannuation contributions. It operates on the same principle, with excess from "rounded ...

Acorns app enters superannuation sector

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2016
... Micro-investment savings app Acorns has entered into a partnership with the Association of Independently Owned Financial Professionals to create a new Acorns-like app for superannuation contributions. As previously reported in Financial Standard, Acorns ...

More numerate less likely to open SMSF

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016
... reasons for starting an SMSF; members' attitudes, motivations and experiences; as well as the role of financial professionals. The research centres around an online survey of 1,019 superannuation fund members, split between both SMSF and non-SMSF members ...

AIOFP retains industry super consultant

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2016
The Association of Independently Owned Financial Professionals has retained Barbara Ryland Consulting to manage the financial advice solutions that it will offer industry superannuation funds. AIOFP executive director Peter Johnston said the reappointment ...