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RC findings bring shame on advice industry: social media

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2018
... reputation. Another interesting day at #royalcommission. At present the industry "enjoys" an engagement rate among Australian consumers around 20%. Post RC that may well look like a great result....shame, because good advice is out there. Just gotta ...

OneVue to create digital community via acquisition

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2018
OneVue acquired an online education platform for both financial advisers and consumers as part of a wider strategy to better connect the advice and funds management industries with investors. OneVue has bought digital distribution and education platform ...

Chief economist update: Back to the shops

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2018
... rate of 1.5% in the March quarter after the December 2017 quarter's strong 4% advance. Still, this represents the US consumers' resilience in the face of the increased volatility in the financial markets in the first quarter of 2018 and the prospect ...

Alternative finance the option for millennials

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2018
... from Australians 35-years-old and under. And Queensland is leading the charge, he said. Cutter added that lending to consumers makes up the largest and fastest growing part of the alternative finance segment. In the commercial sector nearly all lending ...

Royal Commission must cast net wider

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2018
... the Royal Commission notes superannuation and retirement advice is the most common type of financial advice sought by consumers. It represents about one-third of the $4.6 billion in annual financial planning revenue. Industry Fund Services chief executive ...

Chief economist update: Inflation is heading Fed's way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018
... strength in the US labour market would make it easier for producers and importers to pass on these higher prices onto consumers. Ben Ong is the Director of Economics and Investments at Rainmaker Group. He previously worked as a fund manager, economist ...

ASIC fees to more than double

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2018
... recommendation of the Murray Financial System Inquiry and is intended to strengthen ASIC while better protecting Australian consumers. The model excludes fees associated with registry activities. Consultation on the draft legislation will close on 24 ...

FPA to fight latest FASEA proposals

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2018
... demonstrated members feel FASEA's proposals are over-engineered and will result in diminished accessibility to advice for consumers, as well as higher costs. "The FPA and many others in the financial planning profession have spent 20 years building a ...

AFA responds to 'disappointing' PJC life insurance report

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2018
... the PJC's assessment of the direct, group and retail advised insurance segment, and the benefits and risks posed to consumers. The findings "merely rehashes" previous reports and research into the segment comprehensively addressed by FoFA, the Life Insurance ...

Investor education key to healthy ETF market: SPDR

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2018
... they could be down 15%," he said. Ross argued that's where SPDR and other providers come in. "It's up to us to educate consumers of ETFs about these issues," he said. "We don't offer leveraged or inverse ETFs anywhere around the globe, nor any ETFs that ...