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Scaled advice tools on the rise

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2019
Close to 50% of financial advice firms plan to adopt scaled advice technology within the next two years. This is a key finding of the latest AdviceTech report from Netwealth, examining 330 advice firms. According to the report, 47.3% of the firms examined ...

Will financial advisers cease to exist?

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2019
More than half of all financial advisers believe the role they perform today will change substantially or cease to exist over the coming decade, according to research from the CFA Institute. With the necessary skillset to be a financial adviser evolving ...

New AI innovation for Praemium

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2019
Praemium announced new platform functionality to provide financial advisers with knowledge and insights to enhance client engagement, using artificial intelligence. The innovation uses data science and technology to examine client behaviour patterns ...

Advice dealer group shutters

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2019
More than 30 financial advisers are left without a home as Spectrum Wealth Advisers shuts up shop. Freedom Insurance Group has today revealed Spectrum will close earlier than originally intended as it can no longer meet a "key person" requirement of ...

Fintechs to play vital ESG role: AXA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2019
AXA Investment Managers global head of responsible investing Matt Christensen told a recent roundtable in Sydney that fintechs will play a vital role in investors' attempts to address climate change. The role of fintechs, according to Christensen, will ...

Natixis backs gender diversity

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2019
The global investment manager is the latest to join Future Females in Finance, advocating for women in financial services. Natixis Investment Managers has moved to narrow the gender gap in Australia's financial services industry, linking with gender ...

How to be a board director

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2019
The 30% Club and EY have joined forces to research what it takes to be considered for an ASX 200 board position. Last year, 185 non-executive directors were appointed to ASX 200 boards with 113 of those experiencing their first board appointment. EY ...

Chief economist update: The (trade) war is back on

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2019
"If it weren't for the last minute, nothing would get done." - Rita Mae Brown. This famous quote might be true in general, but it certainly didn't apply to the 11th hour, last minute trade negotiations between the United States and China on ...

Chief economist update: Policy of patience

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2019
The US Federal Reserve just concluded its April 30 - May 1 FOMC meeting and decided it best to do nothing but reaffirm its policy of patience, as you, I and Irene expected. "Consistent with its statutory mandate, the Committee seeks to foster maximum ...

Swiss Re to manage Freedom remediation

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2019
Swiss Re has agreed to take on the responsibility of designing and managing Freedom Insurance Group's customer remediation program. Freedom confirmed Swiss Re as the remediation manager, and Genus Life Insurance Services Pty Ltd as the third party to ...