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Fintechs to drive Australia's economy

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2016
... Xero and creative marketplace Envato. Fintechs inside the top 10 included OFX (formerly OzForex), Vend, and Invoice2go. Automated investment adviser and fund manager Stockspot was a notable wealth management addition inside the top 50. At the launch ...

Asteron Life upgrades adviser facility

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2016
... industry has led to Asteron Life launching its upgraded adviser service fee facility. The enhanced facility enables an automated collection and payment service for advice fees charged to clients, which can be used at the initial advice stage as well ...

Gen X and Y not looking to robo advice

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2016
... financial advice. Only 5% of respondents are currently accessing financial advice and the majority believing that online or automated advice tools should be free. Mark Woolnough, head of third party distribution at ING DIRECT, said: "Relationships have ...

QuietGrowth adds multi-risk portfolios

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2016
... different levels of risk, giving them finer control over their risk tolerance. "Market feedback and best practice among automated investment advisers globally has shown that investors prefer to have multiple risk portfolios," explained QuietGrowth chief ...

Decimal launches insto robo-advice packages

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2016
... offering over time," he clarified, adding, "We see two types of customers in the market today who appreciate the value of automated advice and want to deliver that direct to their customers - those that want to deploy and deliver value rapidly via a ...

Stockspot releases robo tool for HNW investors

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2016
Stockspot has released a personalised automated investment portfolio service targeted at attracting high-net worth investors. The Stockspot Themes service allows "qualifying investors" to choose from 14 different investment themes which tie into Stockspot's ...

Ignition Wealth appoints investment committee chair

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2016
Independent automated investment adviser Ignition Wealth has appointed an industry veteran to chair its investment committee. Henry Capra has held senior executive roles at a range of top tier global financial institutions including J.P. Morgan, Blackrock ...

Financial services jobs at risk of automation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2016
... automation. By extension, routine analysis tasks like those undertaken by financial and investment professionals could also be automated especially if Artificial Intelligence applications continue to develop at their current rate.

Even the wealthy are turning to robo-advice

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2016
... managing director of Accenture Wealth Management in the US, Kendra Thompson. She told Bloomberg about 15% of those in automated portfolios at US brokerage Charles Schwab have at least $1 million invested with the company. "It's real money moving," Thompson ...

Jobs at risk from second machine age

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2016
... of occupations, and up to 45% of all work activities in the United States, where MGI performed its analysis, can be automated right now with current technology," the report said. "Our work indicates that some roles will undoubtedly change markedly and ...