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Robo users double down during COVID-19

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020
Robo advice provider Six Park saw a significant increase in users topping up their accounts during March and April, as COVID-19 rocked markets. In a normal period, Six Park sees about 10-15% of users top up their accounts over a two month period. But ...

Australia lagging on robo-advice

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020
Australia is still dragging the chain on robo-advice but there is hope for local providers, according to new global research on the take-up of the technology. Latest Investment Trends shows Australia is still lagging behind when it comes to the adoption ...

ASIC mainly concerned with media releases: Lawyer

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2020
... licensees ignored the ways product providers and platforms "set the rules" for advisers using them. And, for those who think robo-advice and digital Statements of Advice may be the answer, Yazbeck said in fact these solutions compound the problem. "They ...

Aussie financial firms struggle to manage risk: Study

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2020
Australian financial firms are struggling to keep up with the pace of technological change, with two thirds of executives revealing that risks are emerging more rapidly than ever before. More than 70 Australian senior risk executives from the major ...

COVID-19 creates case for robo-advice

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
After ASIC issued a stark warning to people using retail broking services to try their hand at day trading, robo-advice services and financial advisers say this is why financial support needs to be accessible. ASIC observed an average of 4675 new identifiers ...

Has COVID-19 solved the advice problem?

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
With robo-advice yet to take off in Australia, and the cost of advice still too high for most people, has COVID-19 delivered the solution to the sector's problems on a silver platter? Shadforth's Terry Dillion certainly thinks so. Speaking to Financial ...

Isolated advisers enter the digital age

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
... for our members and our member's clients." However he maintains that FPA members have been embracing technology since robo-advice entered the scene. "I think it's fair to say that since then, the financial advice profession has really turned ...

Why Vanguard won't do gold ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2020
Australia's largest ETF issuer is wary of adding a gold ETF to its 20-strong lineup, even though one of them cracked $1 billion in assets last year. Vanguard has $20.6 billion and 29 ETFs in Australia, 26 of which are passive strategies and three ...

Thematic investing grows threefold

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020
The global thematic funds landscape has increased almost threefold over the past three years, with assets under management swelling to $295 billion (US$195 billion) worldwide. That's according to the latest Morningstar report, which analyses the key ...

Netwealth leads the platform pack

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2020
... spending more time with their clients and potentially servicing more clients," it said. "B2B digital advice solutions such as robo-advice has been touted as a potential solution, but current options remain relatively niche. "Macquarie Wrap has made headway ...