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Volatile crypto markets need better regulation: CHOICE

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2022
CHOICE has made a submission to the federal government, providing a framework on how to better protect consumers from risks associated with cryptocurrency. According to the latest data from CHOICE's national consumer survey, one in five Australians ...

ASIC issues warning to finfluencers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2022
... Joe Longo last year that the regulator was concerned with the conflation of personal and general advice in the online influencer space and with consumers turning to influencers for financial advice. INFO 269 Discussing financial products and services ...

New chief executive for Fintech Australia

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 8 FEB 2022
Fintech Australia has appointed financial services veteran investor and long-time executive Andrew Porter as its new chief executive. Porter brings to Fintech Australia over two decades of experience in the financial services sector, having held senior ...

What super funds should know about Gen Z

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2021
New research from industry super fund NGS Super has revealed what Gen Z wants from a super fund and their attitudes to saving and investing. According to the research, 73% of Gen Z participants said the pandemic encouraged them to save more, 31% said ...

Advice gap spurs boom in investment media

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2021
... Joe Longo previously said the regulator is looking into the conflation of personal and general advice in the online influencer space and is concerned about consumers turning to influencers for advice because professional advice is not affordable to many. ...

Hume puts finfluencer followers on notice

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2021
... what's written on the box is exactly what's inside it. Consumers must have the information to know that the influencer is not an accredited adviser, and not to assume that they will act in their best interest, and interest and give them unconflicted ...

ASIC worried about finfluencers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2021
... cashflows but view professional advice as too expensive. "They may have gone online and got some advice from a social media influencer, or a finfluencer," Longo said. He added that ASIC is looking into the conflation of personal and general advice in ...

FS Power50: Last day to vote

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2021
Voting for the 2021 FS Power50, which recognises the most influential financial advisers in Australia, closes today. This year, Financial Standard received nearly 150 nominations. Your vote will help determine who will make this year's final 50. Financial ...

FS Power50: Final days to nominate

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2021
There is only two days left to get your nominations in for the 2021 FS Power50, celebrating the most influential financial advisers in Australia today. The FS Power50 recognises the 50 most influential financial advisers, as voted by Financial Standard ...

Finfluencers ensnare female Millennials

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021
The growing finfluencer phenomenon is capturing female Millennials who turn to social media for financial advice and education. Analysis by marketing platform HypeAuditor reveals that more than half (57%) of female finfluencers' following are young ...