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Finfluencers ensnare female Millennials

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021
... phenomenon is capturing female Millennials who turn to social media for financial advice and education. Analysis by marketing platform HypeAuditor reveals that more than half (57%) of female finfluencers' following are young female Australian investors ...

Raiz rolls out SMSF functionality

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2021
Self-managed superannuation fund trustees are the latest target market for financial services platform Raiz. Raiz Invest is now open to SMSFs. It charges a fee of 0.275% per annum for balances over $15,000 ($20,000 for the Custom Portfolio offer) which ...

WealthO2 launches top manager MDA

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2021
... MDA, financial advisers are not required to have an MDA authority on their licence. "It's akin to a service equivalent SMA where the adviser is recommending the MDA service and the professional manager to their client, compared to the often higher ...

GROW wins new super fund client

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2021
... then chief executive Josh Wilson said GROW was looking to divest its superannuation fund business to focus on the admin platform. In February 2020, Grow signed Gig Super as the first client for its admin platform. A few months later, in May 2020, Wilson ...

Citi bolsters equities team

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021
... with Citi in Singapore. He will now focus on increasing Citi's product capabilities across cash, prime and FCX on its platform. Nissan will also assist with expanding Citi's custody business after it acquired Royal Bank of Canada's custody business last ...

Platform cuts fees

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2021
... hidden or layered fees. Hence the newer investment platforms like WealthO2 that don't rely on cash fees, MER uplift or SMA fees for revenue, can lower the overall cost to the client even further," Bernasconi said.

Raw truth on merger process: Panel

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021
With consolidation in the superannuation industry not slowing down, those who've been through a merger have revealed the anxiety, job losses and workload involved. Speaking on a panel at the AIST Conference of Major Superannuation Funds, Spirit ...

New Martin Gilbert vehicle strikes first deal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2021
... and changing client preferences force further, and arguably a faster pace of change. We believe that AssetCo can be a platform to make strategic investments across the sector and to bring active management to such opportunities," Gilbert said at the ...

OPINION: Super for housing was the wrong policy fight

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
... Australia's oversaturated retail super product market might in time transform retail super and re-energise parts of the platform market. And not before time.

AMP Australia announces new leadership team

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
AMP Australia chief executive Scott Hartley has announced a new leadership team and an updated operating model. Hartley will have seven direct reports. This includes three external hires, including a new managing director advice, a chief investment ...