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Asendium launches swift SOA solution

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2021
... adviser Scott Miller told Financial Standard that the solution does not aim to eliminate paraplanners in the advice process, rather give them and advisers more time to focus on strategies. When he was an adviser, Miller said the longest time he had to ...

ERS applicants $3100 worse off

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2021
... The institute said in retrospect, the government should have offered a more targeted assistance program to those in need, rather than giving them the option of using their super. The government should have enforced with banks, landlords, lenders, financial ...

Raw truth on merger process: Panel

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021
... merge, are much more complicated than large funds swallowing up smaller funds, he said. On top of that, rebranding entirely rather than funds keeping their own brands and teams but sharing a trustee - in an Extended Public Offer model like that of Equipsuper ...

Keep COVID-19 in perspective: Panel

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2021
... Crisis and COVID-19 were the only worldwide recessions in that period. Ruthven said it was government reactions to COVID-19, rather than the virus itself, that created this economic contraction. Meanwhile, he said trade wars, dictatorships, increasing ...

Boards should be "strap-on brains": Cosgrove

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2021
... said he found Zoom meetings frustrating during the pandemic, as he wished he could get into some more personal small talk rather than being purely work focused. "The proliferation of email and social media is a poor second best to being a human being ...

Adviser software soft launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2021
... tables in an SoA." "The quality of our data is second to none, being based on sophisticated and automated QA processes, rather than laborious and error-laden manual checking," he said.

The other side of the ETP growth story

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2021
... would be unlikely for ETPs to continue to grow at 40% per annum and unit trusts to decline at 1% per annum continuously, rather there is likely to be a "step event" which changes the market dramatically. Dyall then compared Magellan and Vanguard in terms ...

New firm joins Count Financial

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2021
... manufacturer is important, because we wanted to work with a licensee partner that has client best interest at the forefront, rather than product distribution," Heyer said. "Given that we also have a Professional Year (PY) candidate in our firm, Count ...

How managers win ESG mandates

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2021
... being reflected in inflows. A total of 55% of new inflows in ESG-aligned products in the past year were driven by investors rather than adviser. "At Australian Ethical, we've known for many years that climate change would and should become a key ...

APRA releases draft climate change guidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2021
... practice guide doesn't direct or prevent APRA-regulated entities making any particular business or investment decision. Rather, it is aimed at ensuring decisions are well-informed and appropriately consider both the risks and opportunities that the ...