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Super slow to embrace advice opportunity

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2016
... analytics David Beal said: "Our research has shown that people in our market demographic want to seek financial advice but do not want to sit down with an adviser without having a reasonable degree of understanding first." Based on IQ Group's report ...

Asset managers must consider multi-asset

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2016
... important fund selection criteria, followed by an existing or legacy relationship, with brand recognition ranked third. "Do not underestimate the importance of ongoing dialogue with IFAs and of building close relationships with both IFAs and the players ...

Robo is the adviser's new best friend

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2016
Robo-advice has the ability to grow client bases and firm profitability if advisers are prepared to evolve and reflect a new generation of clients. The combination of lower fees, greater transparency and a simplified user experience has driven the growth ...

QSuper on track to become public offer

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2016
... single-minded focus is on helping every one of them reach their financial goals, both now and into retirement, and that will not change. "At QSuper, our members come first and we will continue to provide them the best possible value for money through ...

Life insurance legacy faces more scrutiny

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2016
... complexities. APRA member Geoff Summerhayes told a parliamentary inquiry on the life insurance industry that insurers have not invested enough in "systems and processes capable of fairly and accurately administering their book of legacy business." Summerhayes ...

Global equities fund becomes 'Recommended'

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2016
Research house Zenith has upgraded an international equities fund to a 'Recommended' rating. Receiving the upgrade in conjunction with its second anniversary, the Pan-Tribal Global Equity Fund is now considered a product that rates in the first quartile ...

FOS and CIO should merge: report

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2016
... past year. The FCA report echoes ASIC's submission to the Financial System Inquiry, wherein the regulator said: "ASIC does not consider that competition between different schemes enhances consumer outcomes. ASIC has worked with industry to reduce the ...

CommInsure sees adviser revamp

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2016
... a flexible structure allowing clients to get the best of both worlds. While offering income protection extras and benefits not available inside super, part of the premiums for the split cover can still be paid through super. "I was keen to hear advisers' ...

Lonsec rates BetaShares ETF

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2016
... targets about 180 stocks listed on the S&P/ASX 200, excluding the top 20. The goal is to diversify exposure to the market by not including stocks to which investors will likely already have significant exposure. Lonsec recommended the ETF for this reason ...

ANZ has little time for robo-advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2016
... role for it now and in the future. But the question is whether it's something we could do better than everybody else, and I'm not convinced. We have done a few trials and there's a lot of exciting stuff there, but I'm not sure it's anything that would ...