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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 ...

AIOFP slams FASEA proposals, launches petition

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2018
The Association of Independently Owned Financial Professionals is urging all financial advisers to reunite and put an end to "repugnant" reforms proposed by the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority. The AIOFP announced it is taking a "politically ...

What worries Aussie advisers: Natixis

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2018
... difficult to navigate Australia's regulatory landscape. The 2018 Natixis Investment Managers Global Survey of Financial Professionals - which surveyed 150 Australians and 2775 people globally - found 90% of Aussie financial advisers are challenged to ...

Robo-advisers a hard pill to swallow for Aussie investors: CFA

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2018
... the report said. It found technology itself doesn't augment trust, but it can facilitate it by helping financial professionals provide information and services to their clients. Australia is one of the five markets that showed a strong preference for ...

Acorns mulls ASX listing

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2018
... account with their superannuation fund. It also partnered with the Association of Independently Owned Financial Professionals to create a new Acorns-like app for superannuation contributions. Since launching in Australia about two years ago, Acorns has ...

Planners vital to closing super gap: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2018
... fewer women having super and those that do having a lower average balance than men, there is a risk that financial professionals may miss this important segment, he added.

Acorns Australia restructures after $150m milestone

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2018
... multiple milestones: first, it entered into a partnership with the Association of Independently Owned Financial Professionals to create a new Acorns-like app for superannuation contributions, giving Acorns the potential to address one of the biggest ...

Former Centra Wealth adviser banned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2018
... representative of Charter Financial Planning. He is also a member of the Association of Independently Owned Financial Professionals. With the ban effective from 22 December 2017, Alafaci has the right to appeal the decision in the Administrative Appeals ...

Trusted advice solves investor confusion: Research

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2017
... compared with 62% globally," Haran said. "We as an industry have a role to play. Asset managers and other financial professionals need to help individuals understand the benefits of diversification, the pros and cons of index funds and how to use alternatives ...

VanEck Australia makes first billion

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2017
... for a quarter of this market," he said. VanEck's second annual smart beta survey recently found 99% of financial professionals using smart beta are 'moderately, very or extremely satisfied'. At least 50% of Australian financial professionals are now ...