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UBS shutters UK robo platform

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2018
UBS has shuttered its robo-advice offering in the UK after less than two years since its launch. UBS SmartWealth, a digital wealth platform that assesses clients' financial situation and risk profile to recommend a relevant investment option, has closed ...

MetLife partners with industry fund for digital tool

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2018
MetLife Australia partnered with an $8 billion industry superannuation fund to launch its digital life insurance tool designed to speed up claims tracking and lodgment for fund members. Statewide Super partnered with MetLife to launch the new digital ...

Retail super funds in hot water: Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2018
... Corporations Act, when customers believed that branch staff had taken relevant circumstances into account and were recommending Smart Choice Super - resulting in customers switching super funds to end up in a less suitable ANZ product. AMP's trustees ...

Global asset manager launches smart beta indices

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2018
A $996 billion asset manager is introducing a set of equity indices based on a multifactor approach to smart beta, aiming to outperform market-cap weighed indices by 2-4%. Aberdeen Standard Investments' quant investment strategies team developed the ...

Smart beta on the rise: Van Eck

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2018
The use of smart beta has increased in recent years with latest research showing 57% of financial professionals are implementing these strategies in client portfolios. According to Van Eck's annual smart beta survey, 68% of financial professionals are ...

Swiss asset manager eyes Aussie instos

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2018
... investment team will look for potential investments in areas including large scale solar farms, wind re-powering projects, smart-grid and smart metre roll outs and e-mobility charging infrastructure. The SUSI Asia energy transition strategy will target ...

ANZ grilled over Smart Choice sales

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2018
... superannuation Mark Pankhurst was questioned by Senior Counsel Assisting Michael Hodge about the process customers are sold ANZ's Smart Choice Super product. Typically, branch staff conduct an A to Z review of the customer's financial situation ...

Praemium revenues inching towards $50m mark

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2018
Praemium's revenue grew by 22% over the previous year, buoyed by new client wins and funds pouring in from its Australian and international businesses. The managed accounts provider generated $43 million in revenues for the year ending June 2018, up ...

Mis-selling super a win for consumers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2018
... Enforceable Undertakings they recently entered with ASIC in relation to the distribution of their respective Essential Super and Smart Choice Super products. CBA and ANZ were ordered to pay the community benefit payment which ASIC has now forwarded to ...

SPECIAL FEATURE: Breaking the custody mould

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2018
Custodians are defying a myth the $3.5 trillion industry hasn't kept pace with technology to address operational efficiencies and system-related issues. For many, robotics is already taking over several manual processes. According to the Australian ...