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UBS acquires Wealthfront, opens multicultural division

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2022
UBS is expanding its global wealth management offering, with a focus on affluent young people and multicultural investors. UBS has acquired Wealthfront, an automated wealth management platform serving millennial and Gen Z investors, for US$1.4 billion. ...

Top three drive ETF surge

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2022
The Australian exchange-traded funds sector hit $137 billion in 2021 dominated by the top three players, Vanguard, BetaShares and iShares. The sector grew by a record amount of 44% or $42 billion over the course of 2021, BetaShares' 2021 Australian ...

Investors dig deeper for alternative assets

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2022
... growth rates in property across major cities. "Furthermore, secular tailwinds supported by urban migration as well as a young Gen Z workforce with a growing preference to rent vs. own are adding to this momentum. Given this sector is still at a nascent ...

Advice firm targets teen financial literacy

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 JAN 2022
... an online wealth education and mentorship program for teenagers, running until the end of January. "There's so much a young person needs to know to succeed in the increasingly complex game of money, and our school education system still fails to ...

Super for home deposits could ignite new boom

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2021
... their hard-earned retirement savings to existing property owners when they would be better off investing them in super. "Young Australians need their retirement savings quarantined and compounding. Using these savings to fuel yet another housing market ...

ISA releases pre-election wish list

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2021
... members' financial interests, and nothing else. "Not everyone is getting the same deal," Dean said. "We need to make sure young mums are paid super when they take time off to raise children, get workers' super paid with their wages and protect ...

Aussies less confident about retirement age

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2021
Australians are less optimistic about retiring at their desired age compared to their global counterparts, a new study shows. The latest Global Defined Contribution Participant Survey by MFS Investment Management of 4000 respondents found that only ...

AIOFP blasts 'elitist' young advisers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2021
The Association of Independently Owned Financial Professionals (AIOFP) has criticised 'elitist young financial advisers' for opposing Labor's suggestion older financial advisers shouldn't have to complete a university degree. Last week at the AIOFP's ...

Pre-retirees worry about political risks: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 DEC 2021
While Australians believe they are well prepared for retirement, many are worried about the political risks they face once they are retired, research suggests. Illness remains the biggest worry Aussies face in their later years, but regulatory changes ...

Super funds attracting more women to investment work

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2021
... investment officer Ian Patrick said. "The collective effort of Future IM/Pact increases the visibility and reach we can have with young women who are exploring career options, making it easier for us to attract them to our Fund." Beattie encouraged other ...