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Super slow to embrace advice opportunity

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2016
While super funds are increasingly investing in digital engagement, only a minority are employing robo-advice services, according to IQ Group research. The IQ Group Digital Engagement Study 2016, based on research of the top 50 retail, industry and ...

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 ...

ANZ has little time for robo-advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2016
ANZ chief executive Shayne Elliott said the bank won't be embracing robo-advice any time soon. Speaking at a Reuters Newsmaker event in Sydney yesterday, Elliott told attendees that ANZ's focus moving forward is on becoming the best bank in the world ...

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 ...

Future of advice is bionic, not robo

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2016
The future of financial advice will not be dominated by robo advisers but instead will be bionic, empowered by continual improvements to technology. Speaking at a media briefing in Sydney, Colonial First State general manager products and investments ...

Japanese bank Nomura ups ante in robo-advice

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2016
Financial advisers and super funds doing their groundwork on best-practice robo-advice should take a closer look at Nomura after the $1.1 trillion banking giant launched its robo-advice service this week. The Asian bank will roll-out 'Nomura Goal-based' ...

Robo-advisers friend not foe: Cerulli

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2016
Robo-advisers are not the fundamental disruption feared by the financial advice industry but instead are a catalyst among traditional advice providers to move into the digital world. New research from global research and consulting firm Cerulli Associates ...

Advisers to foot $24m bill

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2016
... relative to their larger counterparts. The paper notes that providers of digital or automated financial product advice or 'robo-advisers' will not be subject to a separate levy. The funding model is expected to be introduced in the second half of 2017. ...

ETFs to reach $6 trillion by 2020

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016
... markets. And 60% of those surveyed expect to see further consolidation over the next two years. EY said the emergence of robo advisers as a scalable retail channel could change this digital distribution model for ETfs. Eighty-eight percent of respondents ...

Worst 'fat cat' funds have high fee diet

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2016
... 2.04%. This means a consumer in a fit cat fund pays 12% of their returns in fees as opposed to 28% in fat cat funds. While the robo-advice firm did not name and shame the worst performers, it does feature a tool on its website to allow investors to see ...