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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 ...

NAB launches super virtual assistant

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2018
... innovation Jonathan Davey said the proliferation of voice-activated, hands-free devices such as Siri and Google Home and Amazon's Alexa in the Australian market is reshaping consumer behaviour and expectations. "We live in a world that wants instant ...

SMSFs shifting focus for diversification

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2018
... diversification via less traditional, high growth sectors such as robotics and aerospace. Tencent, Tesla and Nvidia joined Amazon, Apple and Facebook as some of the most heavily traded international stocks last year by SMSFs. "International trading surged ...

International broker enters Aussie market

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2018
... Hong Kong and most of Asia. This means investors can take advantage of price movements in international stocks such as Amazon, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Toyota and other Asian listed companies. Investors can also access Chinese listed stocks including ...

Siri and Alexa: The future of banking?

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2018
... the proliferation of voice-activated, hands-free devices such as Siri and Google Home and the much anticipated release of Amazon's Alexa to the Australian market this year are reshaping consumer behaviour and expectations. "We live in a world that wants ...