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SEC cracks down on fee transparency

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018
... (SEC) announced it will crackdown on financial product providers' fee disclosures the year ahead in a bid to protect mum and dad investors. The SEC made it clear that one of its main priorities this year is to protect retail investors, including people's ...

CMC Markets hires head of sales trading

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2018
... each. "Brokers can't afford to rest on their laurels and must deliver a proposition that not only meets the needs of mum and dad investors, but also the more sophisticated, frequent trader," Guiamatsia said.

Robo-advice raises alarm: ARRIA

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2017
... scrutiny and regulation in providing advice, but those in IT can simply "type anything" in an algorithm and sell it to mum and dad, she says. Perth-based start-up, PictureWealth, is attempting to defy such limitations and "do what hasn't been done before" ...

Investors happier with online broking: Investment Trends

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2017
... 2017. "Brokers can't afford to rest on their laurels and must deliver a proposition that not only meets the needs of mum and dad investors, but also the more sophisticated, frequent trader," Guiamatsia said. "Mobile platform functionality is among the ...

From financial advisers to cybersecurity advocates

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2017
... to clickjacking to social engineering, cybercrime has become a lucrative market targeting the 'digital' assets of mom-and-dad investors and the big institutions. Worse, cybercriminals are very hard to trace. In the US, law enforcement have only convicted ...

DomaCom signs global agriculture crowdfunding deal

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2017
... crowdfunding project for agriculture assets anywhere in the world. We knew from the Kidman bid that there was a thirst by 'mum-and-dad' investors to acquire agriculture assets, and we have been looking at other properties for quite some time," he said. ...

Females and Gen Y expecting less

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2017
... of thinking about career success opens up opportunities for young and old Australians, and for Australian business. "As a dad, it is exciting to think about the different careers open to my kids to find fulfilment and happiness; to make sure that work ...

La Trobe Financial launches retail platform

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2016
... He said these expect to be released in an update prior to Christmas. "La Trobe Direct will give over 24,000 retail mum and dad members in our $1.23 billion Credit Fund better control in placing their investments with real time authentications and validations ...

LICG successful in triggering AFA EGM

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2016
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has confirmed it has received the minimum number of member submissions required under the Corporations Act to propose an amendment to its constitution via an extraordinary general meeting (EGM). Spearheaded ...

PROFILE: Standard Life Investments head of Australasian business Simone Bouch

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2016
... Sydney -when they had me crawling around the rafters late at night adjusting the lights - when I came home and said to my dad, 'You know I really love it but the hours are a killer and everybody's really broke,'" she recalls. In the end it was the glamour ...