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Australians bullish on 2021 recovery

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021
Australians are bullish about the recovery of the local economy and the positive effect that will have on their portfolios, a survey canvassing investors across the Asia Pacific shows. More than half of the investors canvassed in PIMCO's quarterly investor ...

Robo-advice a complement, not disruptor: Six Park

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2020
The advice industry is faced with increasing demand for affordable and accessible financial advice and implementing digital solutions to segment clients could be the answer, according to a new whitepaper. Digital advice provider Six Park's latest whitepaper ...

Netwealth takes stake in Aussie fintech

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2020
Wealth management company Netwealth has announced its investment and partnership with data solutions fintech Xeppo. Netwealth purchased a 25% stake in Xeppo with the option to increase its holding to 50% in the future but noted the investment is not ...

Raiz shuffles leadership team

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2020
Micro-investing app Raiz has announced in its FY20 results that it's reorganising the executive team to better manage the business as it expands globally. Chief executive of Australia George Lucas has moved into the role of group chief executive with ...

Xero acquires business lender

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2020
Accounting software provider Xero has acquired an invoice financing business, set to help small businesses access capital. Xero has acquired cloud-based lending platform Waddle, and will cough up an upfront cash payment of $31 million, as well as subsequent ...

FSC calls for scaled advice model

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2020
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has called on the government to implement a two-year trial of a scalable advice model, in a bid to increase access to affordable advice to Australians at a time when they need it most. The COVID-19 crisis has seen ...

Generation gap opens up in financial advice

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2020
There is a gaping void between what consumers once wanted from financial advice and what they want now and it's being accelerated by COVID-19, according to research from KPMG. KPMG surveyed more than 1500 consumers in May to ask them about their experiences ...

CMC Markets introduces derivatives platform

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2020
CMC Markets has launched a new derivatives platform to provide access to thousands of single stock CFDs in Australia, the US, Europe and Asia. CMC said the platform has been developed to allow seamless integration with existing systems, including an ...

Software provider launches ERS tech solution

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2020
Bravura has launched a new technology solution that will enable its clients to better manage early release requests. Bravura Solutions has announced an ERS capability that will allow clients to commence processing the ATO's ERS payments from the April ...

Why COVID-19 could boost ESG

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2020
As the world celebrates Earth Day today,the environmentally conscious in the investment industry have said COVID-19 could be the crisis that causes us to take climate change more seriously. Calvert Research president and chief executive John Streur ...