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Super advice firm buys robo-adviser

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2020
... for affordable and accessible advice. It noted that robo-advice is not in direct competition with financial advisers, but rather digital and holistic advice are complementary offerings. Six Park chief executive Pat Garrett said: "[..] In fact, when a ...

Robo-advice a complement, not disruptor: Six Park

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2020
... implement the advice drastically increases," he said. Instead, Six Park said it works in partnership with financial planners rather trying to disrupt the industry, reiterating that digital and holistic advice are complementary offerings. "Integrating ...

Alex Waislitz fails to block OneVue acquisition

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020
... company," he said. "However it is clear most shareholders were happier to take the short term option of selling out now rather than waiting to build more value over time. I am pleased that Thorney was able to extract a higher offer from Iress which will ...

Cost of advice soars as red tape grows

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2020
... discipline. "A number of these functions currently exist in other government agencies, including FASEA, ASIC and the TPB. Rather than duplicate them, the single government body should assume these functions. The FPA believes advisers should only have ...

Risk but no reward in institutional equities portfolios

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2020
... strategies, managers and factor styles, is essential to constructing a portfolio that has the potential to deliver as intended - rather than delivering unexpected results."

Retail super fund scores best customer service nod

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2020
... investments and advisers, and communication. While AustralianSuper's ranking plummeted, its score did not drop significantly, rather its competitors made large gains over the super fund in 2020. AustralianSuper still outperformed its peers in areas ...

Release the Retirement Income Review: Labor

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
... wants the Retirement Income Review, which Hume has said she has read and that it is 650 pages long, to be released sooner rather than later. "So it's time for a sensible debate. We had hoped that this was going to be forthcoming when the government announced ...

FPA renews calls for advice definition changes

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2020
... information'. FPA chief executive Dante De Gori believes future reforms to consumer protection should address problems in the law rather than add further regulation. "While the recent reforms in regulation play an important role in protecting consumers ...

AMP, former employee settle

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2020
... business practice. About six months later, around May 2017, she became aware that fee-for-no-service may have been "deliberate rather than inadvertent", with senior management potentially ignoring legal advice and complaints from junior employees. In ...

Super industry cautious on more reform

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... early next year, the economy would be set up to truly boom in 2021 - raising the prospect of interest rates increases, rather than further cuts," Bassanese said. "As it stands, the strong near-term fiscal stimulus provided in this week's budget appears ...