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Stockspot hires from Vanguard

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2021
The robo-advice business has appointed a head of superannuation and partnerships, hiring from Vanguard. Enid Lal started in the newly created role on August 16. She will lead product initiatives to support Stockspot's direct clients including SMSFs ...

Adviser support services a boon for Sequoia

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2021
Sequoia Financial Group continues to benefit from the highly competitive sector of financial adviser support services, which doubled its revenues in the last two years. Sequoia's wealth division, which provides licensee services to over 400 authorised ...

AUSIEX hires head of risk from BTFG

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2021
... governance for BTFG's platforms, investments, and operations units over a year. He started at BTFG in 1993 as an assistant accountant and after five years left to work in senior roles at CBA, UBS, and St. George before returning to BTFG in 2020. Chief ...

Accountants warn of lockdown cost

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 AUG 2021
An Australian-first survey of accountants asking for their views on the economic impact of COVID-19 has revealed a pessimistic outlook. Nearly half of surveyed accountants are "fairly" or "extremely" worried about the state of the Australian economy ...

Class makes acquisition, profit down

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 AUG 2021
In its full-year results, Class announced its acquisition of legal documentation software provider, Topdocs but also recorded a significant drop in its net profit. Class is set to pay $13 million for the complete acquisition of the Topdocs platform ...

CSLR unfairly locks out some victims: Maurice Blackburn

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 16 AUG 2021
The Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR) will lock out victims of financial misconduct or fraud who pursue court proceedings - something that is inherently unfair, according to law firm Maurice Blackburn. Maurice Blackburn principal lawyer Josh ...

Industry associations slam last resort scheme

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 AUG 2021
Major professional associations have united to rally against the newly proposed compensation scheme of last resort. The Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, CPA Australia, Financial Planning Association of Australia, Institute of Public ...

Six Park lowers minimum investment to $2k

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 AUG 2021
Robo adviser Six Park has lowered its minimum investment to just $2000, down from the $10,000 minimum it had at the start of 2020. In March 2020, Six Park first tested out lowering its minimum investment - slashing the $10,000 minimum to $5000. Clients ...

GigSuper eyes $1.5m raise

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2021
The superannuation startup geared at self-employed workers is looking to raise $1.5 million, as it sets it sights on 60,000 members in five years. GigSuper this week opened a crowd-funded raise for $1.5 million based on pre-money valuation of $8.1 million. ...

Super, ASIC beneficiaries of advice challenges: Hearing

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2021
... advisers are now operating under has the same conflicts as well," Jacobsen responded. "There's an incentive for an accountant on an hourly rate to do more work." Wilson then asked how advice fees are aligned to clients' best interests, with Jacobsen ...