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Robo-advice to drive down advice fees

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2015
The proliferation of robo-advice services will likely drive down financial advice fees in general, FinaMetrica co-founder Paul Resnik warned. Drawing from FinaMetrica's latest report, The Robo Revolution: Robo-Advice Market Commentary and Analysis ...

Senate to investigate white-collar crime

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2015
The Senate will start an inquiry into penalties for white-collar crime, following calls from regulators and Financial System Inquiry chair David Murray to strengthen the system. The Senate voted yesterday in favour of a Greens motion to establish the ...

CBA refunds $80m for failing to apply discounts

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015
Commonwealth Bank (CBA) will refund about $80 million to around 216,000 Wealth Package customers as a compensation for failing to apply fee waivers, interest concessions and other benefits since 2008. The Wealth Package offered benefits such as interest ...

Road of no return

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015
"One concern was that such a delay, if the reasons were not well understood by market participants, could increase uncertainty in financial markets and unduly magnify the perceived importance of the beginning of the policy normalization process." This ...

Spreading the word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2015

PROFILE: NAB Financial Planning general manager Paul Fog

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2015
It says something about the sweeping remit of financial advice that Paul Fog credits both commercial property law and playing water polo for Australia as steering him towards the profession. From his perspective, though, both are equally important. ...

FEATURE: The great race to invest

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2015
As the SMSF rush slows down, Laura Millan asks whether individual funds will withstand harsher market conditions and reviews member direct investment options. It is a known fact that self-managed super funds (SMSFs) outperformed funds regulated by the ...

Investment under microscope at ASFA conference

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2015
Superannuation funds need to look ahead of meeting benchmarks, peers and league tables and be more dynamic in achieving investment goals. This will be one of the key themes coming from the 2015 Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) ...

Foreign investment into Australia doubles to $43.6bn

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2015
Foreign investment into Australia through managed investment trusts (MITs) has more than doubled and was $43.6 billion for the year to 31 December, 2014. The '2015 Australian Investment Managers Cross-Border Flows Report' by the Financial Services Council ...

HESTA chair on responsible investment board

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2015
HESTA chair Angela Emslie is now a board member of the United Nations-backed Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) after election results were released recently. Emslie has been appointed in one of two asset owner board positions, receiving 76 ...