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Advisers to embrace aged care opportunities

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2018
... tools and resources. There will also be an advertising campaign aimed at increasing adviser awareness. "The time when Mum or Dad need aged care, whether in residential aged care or their own home, is highly stressful for many families. Good financial ...

Global Merces launches managed funds regtech

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2018
Asset manager and funds services provider Global Merces has launched a regtech solution that slashes the managed funds application process to five minutes. FUND.ID, a straight through processing system, on-boards new clients using an electronic signature ...

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 ...