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Fin365 to launch hybrid advice platform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2022
... scaled advice, the company said. "Consumers who engage directly with the miPlan platform will be able to select from variety of DIY service levels. At the point they identify a need for full-service advice, they will be seamlessly transitioned to a financial ...

DIY investors embrace Meta Platforms

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 14 JAN 2022
With big new investments in data centers, servers, and network infrastructures, Meta Platforms' popularity with global DIY investors soared in the fourth quarter of 2021. Data from global investment platform eToro shows that Meta rocketed from 13th ...

Super funds failing three-day transfer requirement

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2021
Trading platform Stake - which has a DIY super offering - has called out some of the largest super funds, saying they are failing to roll over members to its SMSF offering in the required three days. Since October 1, APRA regulated super funds have ...

Aussies stick with DIY advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 5 OCT 2021
The majority of Australians continue to control their finances rather than seek the help of a professional adviser, new research suggests. The survey of 2005 respondents canvassed by the Financial Planning Association of Australia's annual Money & Life ...

Six Park lowers minimum investment to $2k

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 AUG 2021
... All of these partners recognise the importance - and indeed the responsibility - of providing people with an alternative to DIY investing, which can be stressful, expensive and incredibly difficult," he said. "We expect to see the enthusiasm Australians ...

More good news for Xplore

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2020
... bring together Xplore's four businesses - the platform, responsible superannuation entity, managed discretionary accounts and DIY super administration. Wright, who was grilled at the Royal Commission, was appointed by Xplore in August 2019. Prior to ...

It's not you, it's quarantine

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
... the tax-free status of the death benefit is lost. All these complex systems to navigate cannot be dealt with in a simple 'DIY' will, and that is why getting appropriate advice is so important. "It can be very shocking to people. Navigating the legal ...

Xplore Wealth outlines 2020 plans

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
... platform's latest acquisitions. "Today's reported revenue growth is supported by the acquisitions of Aracon Superannuation and DIY Master in the last financial year as well as organic growth," it said. "The financial results demonstrate that ...

DIY SMSF platform launched

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2020
A new software application that enables trustees of SMSFs to manage their own fund has been launched. DIY Super Online (DIYSOL) was developed by accountant and SMSF trustee Jeff Bain who said the application was designed to save trustees money on accounting ...

J.P. Morgan wins custody mandate

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2020
... together Xplore's four businesses - the platform, responsible superannuation entity (RSE), managed discretionary accounts and DIY super administration "We met with APRA to talk about our business plan for Aracon," Wright said. "We think it'll ...