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SMSF cash allocation dips

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2018
... week, showing SMSF investors are increasingly turning to international equities for greater diversification and returns. Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Tesla and Berkshire Hathaway are the top five international stocks by trading value, while Alphabet Class ...

The changing face of SMSFs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2018
... Traded Funds (ETFs) or managed funds for diversification, then add high conviction individual stocks such as Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix, Google or Berkshire Hathaway in an effort to enhance performance," Commonwealth Bank head of SMSF customers ...

Aussie instos buy ex-US value story

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2018
... growth market has been in large-cap tech companies or the FAANGs," Hartford said. He adds FAANG stocks - Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix and Google - accounted for 120% of S&P 500 returns this year and have no doubt "been valuable contributors." However ...

Aussie HNWI population grows: Capgemini

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2018
... ongoing returns," Gomm said. According to Gomm, non-financial services tech giants - otherwise known as BigTechs - such as Amazon, Alibaba, Apple and Google are battling to enter the wealth management space as HNWIs across the globe demand hybrid advice. ...

Advisers still resistant to social media

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2018
... weekly or monthly. "This is far from ideal when you consider our customers engage online every day with Facebook, Google and Amazon," Netwealth joint managing director Matt Heine said. "Our new competitors are not other advice practices or financial ...

InvestSMART to launch active ETF

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2018
... space, and that "active ETFs are absolutely in the client interest." Devoy said it's important active managers can bring an "Amazon-esque" experience to financial services. Instead of having wet signatures and 200-page product disclosure statements ...

Research expert joins Fidelity

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2018
... ETFs will launch, "active ETFs are absolutely in the client interest." "They completely remove friction. Think about the Amazon experience: I just had a book delivered to Chifley Pharmacy. My last best experience is now the bar and Amazon sets it," Devoy ...

Fidelity to launch active ETFs

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2018
... ETFs will launch, "active ETFs are absolutely in the client interest." "They completely remove friction. Think about the Amazon experience: I just had a book delivered to Chifley Pharmacy. My last best experience is now the bar and Amazon sets it," Devoy ...

Incumbents can innovate or separate: AltFi Summit

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2018
... financial services. They expect simplicity, transparency and immediate value - similar to what they demand from companies like Amazon and Kayak," Dash said. "To me it's the consumer rather than the fintech that's changing the way things work." Credible ...

SMSFs continue to break with tradition

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2018
... also observed. SMSF investors are now the fastest growing customer segment in direct international shares, with Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Google remaining among their favourite stocks to trade. "Now part of Australians' daily lives, these shares offer ...