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Fintechs must collaborate, not disrupt: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2017
... themselves and disrupt the financial services industry, and should instead seek to collaborate with the larger players, a new study shows. The joint report from consulting and technology company Capgemini and the University of Sydney Business School ...

Greater adoption of tech in new world of advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2017
... rise, with 35% of advisers already using them, 22% intending to in next 18 months, and a further 27% considering them. The study also shows that 37% of advisers believe technology has the ability to improve consumer perceptions of advice. Netwealth joint ...

Short selling is 'smart money': Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2017
... absolute returns in 2016, the strategy remains an important source of returns for Australian shares long-short fund managers. A study by investment research firm Zenith found profiting from short selling strategies for the most part is 'smart money' ...

Fiduciary rule introduced in United States

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2017
... advisers and the payments they receive for doing so. The decision to legislate such an obligation comes off the back of a 2015 study by the White House Council of Economic Advisers which revealed the substantial financial impact to clients who receive ...

Last chance to have your say: Financial Standard weekly spot poll

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2017
... appear to be," Bell said. Business Health's Rod Bertino said about all of the 226 participating practices featured in the study were looking to increase profitability and key client numbers. He said half were looking to introduce income producers to ...

Goals-based strategies valuable for retirees: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2017
... Goals-based investing strategies have a greater chance of generating excess replacement income than annuities, an international study shows. Most retirement investment solutions are failing to meet the needs of future retirees, according to a study by ...

Distribution reshapes globalisation: Capital Group

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2017
... to do with data and the flow of information, so it's really knowledge intensive stuff," Budden said. He said a good case study is telecommunications. The emergence of mobile means some countries have leapfrogged landlines and gone straight to mobiles. ...

Super funds must do more digitally

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2017
... accessing digital advice via mobile devices, so there is certainly a way to go there and significant opportunities." The study also found that while the majority of super fund respondents had a strong understanding of what digital advice comprises, there ...

ASIC boosts support for regtech

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2017
... technology trials such as cognitive and social media monitoring, and assessing machine learning applications. According to a study conducted by financial services technology provider TAS, an overwhelming number of organisations are feeling the pinch ...

Robo-advice not a priority for 2017-18: Spot poll

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2017
... expected robo-advice to play a significant role in their respective markets; and a joint ASX and Deloitte Access Economics study found professional financial advice is outpacing self-directed. Meanwhile Bravura Solutions, said: "With the robo-advice ...