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Currency and managing volatility: New Financial Standard spot poll

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 19 JUN 2017
An overwhelming majority of respondents to the Financial Standard weekly poll are in support of the banks' crackdown on employee background checks. Last week the publication asked about the crackdown and 80% of respondents voted in favour of the move. ...

Advisers preparing ahead of professional standards: Spot poll

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2017
... customer data, compromising customer security or wilfully and repeatedly breaching bank policies. The Financial Standard weekly poll is open to all Financial Standard readers. A new poll will be published every Monday and stay open for a week. The results ...

May the force's not with her

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2017
What UK Prime Minister Theresa May expected as a landslide win at the snap 8 June general elections turned out to be a slide at the polls for the Conservatives instead. The British prime minister intended to secure her Brexit mandate when she announced ...

Advisers look to increase fees: Spot poll

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2017
... increasing client fees in the next financial year according to the latest Financial Standard weekly readership survey. The online poll published on the Financial Standard website last week asked the question "If you are a financial adviser, how will ...

Last chance to have your say: Financial Standard weekly spot poll

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2017
... asked "If you are a financial adviser, how will the fees you charge to clients change in the next financial year?" With the poll in its final days, so far 12% have said fees will be under review. Last month, knowITdigital's Future Ready VII report showed ...

Super funds must do more digitally

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2017
Digital advice is seen as a must by 80% of superannuation funds, yet less than 20% have engaged in or are looking to implement digital advice. A majority of super funds have only begun investing in online strategies in the last three years. New findings ...

Robo-advice not a priority for 2017-18: Spot poll

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2017
... form part of their business in the next 12 months, according to the Financial Standard weekly readership survey. The online poll published on the Financial Standard website last week asked the question "Will robo-advice form part of your business in ...

Former adviser launches sustainable trading platform

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2017
An online trading platform which uses environmental, social and governance data to help retail investors screen for stocks based on sustainability factors is set launch in the coming months. The H2 Ventures backed start-up, Goodments, founded by former ...

Investors torn over ESG capabilities

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2017
The Australian National University has altered its commitment to socially responsible investing after changing the manner in which its domestic equities investments are managed. While the university committed to divesting from several resource and mining ...

100 days of Trump (and counting)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2017
... Donald Trump was sworn in as chief executive of America, Inc. "Donald, you're fired!" should be what Americans tell him if poll ratings are anything to go by. In her piece on al.com, Leada Gore wrote: "A recently released CNN/ORC poll shows Trump has ...