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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 ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2016
Australia capex The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) report on business investment shows actual private new capital expenditure drop by 4.0% in the September quarter. While worse than market expectations for a 2.5% fall, the third quarter figure ...

FOS and CIO should merge: report

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2016
The Financial Ombudsman Service and the Credit and Investments Ombudsman would be better off as a single entity, according to a new Financial Counselling Australia report. The report, based on a survey of FCA members, found that 75% of financial counsellors ...

OneVue partners with MA provider

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2016
OneVue has been appointed to provide superannuation administration support to one of Australia's growing managed accounts providers. Joining forces with Praemium, the appointment will deliver a further 2700 individual members and $425 million in assets ...

Trump protectionism protects not the emerging markets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2016
Reflation - the word that dominated central bank memes after the global financial crisis is back in vogue. While it became something of "it's at the back of everyone's minds, but not talked about" in intervening years, President-elect Trump has brought ...

European hedge fund business sold to Aussie administrator

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016
A hedge fund administration business based in Malta is being acquired by an Australian administrator looking to continue its growth strategy and expanding global footprint. ASX-listed MainstreamBPO is purchasing the European arm of Alter Domus' hedge ...

Key demographic trends open new doors for advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016
The world is experiencing rapid change, creating a market driven even more by fear, so planners must work harder to understand their client's motivations and attitudes. This is the key takeout from Andrew Inwood's presentation at the 2016 FPA Congress ...

Centuria acquires property platform

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2016
The evolution of funds management platforms has advanced another step following Centuria's latest acquisition of an additional listed real estate management platform. Centuria has agreed to acquire the majority of 360 Capital Group's property management ...

Listed infrastructure has winners and losers

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2016
An evaluation of listed infrastructure is becoming ever more difficult as market conditions in the past year highlight how diverse the asset class is, toppled with the lack of a commonly accepted benchmark. In its recent Infrastructure Securities Sector ...

Shadow Treasurer slams governance bill

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2016
Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen believes a reintroduction of the super fund governance bill does not pass the commonsense test. Speaking at The Superannuation Opportunity conference in Canberra yesterday, Bowen slammed Kelly O'Dwyer's comments about super ...