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The rise of the robo-adviser

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2016
Financial advisers must be encouraged by keen online investors seeking more robo-advice opportunities and new automated investment solutions. This is a key finding in the inaugural Investment Trends Robo-advice Report released this week. The report ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2016
US GDP Today's data releases out of the US all but strengthens expectations for a December Fed rate hike. The Bureau of Economic Analysis upgraded US third quarter GDP growth to an annualised rate of 3.2% from the advance estimate of 2.9% and 1.4% in ...

Former Westpac planner banned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2016
ASIC has banned a former Westpac financial planner after he was found to have applied a 'one size fits all' advice model. Anthony Bishop of Chelmer, Queensland has been banned from providing financial services for eight years. He provided inappropriate ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2016
US Dallas Fed manufacturing survey Consistent with the significant improvement in recent surveys in the US regions of Philadelphia, Richmond, Kansas City and New York, the Dallas Fed general business activity index surged to a reading of 10.2 in November ...

Bank inquiry recommends breaking big four oligopoly

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016
The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics' first report in its review of the four major banks has recommended breaking the big four's "oligopoly" and introducing competition into the sector. The report said this could be achieved ...

OneVue hires former YBR wealth CEO

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016
OneVue has appointed a new executive general manager, wealth management services. Matt Lawler joins OneVue from Yellow Brick Road, where he was chief executive, wealth management. Lawler resigned from YBR in July having worked there for five years. ...

ASIC gives green light to FPA fees code

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2016
ASIC has approved the Financial Planning Association of Australia's Professional Ongoing Fees Code. Announced by FPA chief executive Dante De Gori to over 1000 delegates at the opening of the 2016 FPA Professionals Congress, it is the first code to ...

CFSGAM reveals succession plan

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2016
Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM) has announced the succession plan for the role of head of Australian equities growth. Current deputy head of Australian equities growth Dushko Bajic will become head of Australian equities growth ...

Hedge fund goes retail with performance-only fee structure

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2016
A previously exclusive absolute return fund has opened to retail investors, with a fee structure based solely on performance. Harvest Lane Asset Management's fund has returned 11.67% per annum after fees since July 1, 2013. While it isn't benchmarked ...

Reversionary pension and CGT changes supported

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2016
The Federal Government's changes to the counting of reversionary pensions in the $1.6 million superannuation transfer balance cap have been welcomed across the industry. A 12-month grace period is now proposed before reversionary pensions are counted ...