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Insignia Financial eyes 'most efficient' title by 2030

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2024
Insignia Financial is hoping artificial intelligence (AI) and a direct-to-consumer superannuation push will see it become Australia's "leading and most efficient" wealth manager and save $200 million per annum by 2030. Revealing its five-year strategy ...

Mercer names investment solutions lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2024
... Jacques is a former general manager of the Australian Goals Based Advice Association, an investment research firm in the robo-advice sector and chief operating officer of a boutique hedge fund established by the chair of AIMA Australia.

Former ASIC commissioner joins Insignia Trustees

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2024
... July 2016 and November 2017, and chief executive of Equip Super from 2010 to 2016. She was also a director of now-defunct robo-adviser Six Park and held senior roles at UBS Global Asset Management for about 17 years. Smartt left the post after five years ...

Where does the world's largest active manager say to invest?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2024
Capital Group - which has US$2.7 trillion in equity assets under management - has identified three megatrends poised to upend industries and kick down the doors to fresh investment opportunities. The Californian headquartered investment manager, that's ...

Family offices up active management, eye generative AI: UBS

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2024
Family offices are increasingly turning to active management or manager selection to diversify portfolios, according to the latest UBS Global Family Office Report. The report, which compiled insights from 320 family offices with an average net worth ...

Major themes to watch in the ETF space

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2024
ETFs are set to see a surge in interest around gold, artificial intelligence (AI) and infrastructure listings, according to experts speaking at the inaugural Financial Standard Future Investing Forum this morning. Global X chief executive Evan Metcalf ...

FSC launches digital advice group

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2024
... financial advice digitally is confronted by common challenges posed by a costly and burdensome regulatory framework." The robo-advice group builds on the FSC's expansion into the advice sector by adding six licensees to its network of members. "Independent ...

Goldman Sachs ditches robo-adviser Marcus Invest

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2024
... customers. It will only transition accounts and associated AUM and not staff, technology, or operations involved in running the robo-advice offering. The transition is expected to take place around the end of June. "This acquisition further cements our ...

The Aussie wealthtech firms that are 'most innovative'

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2024
The annual list of the world's most innovative wealthtech companies was recently released, with several Australian firms making the cut. Iress, GBST, Practifi, Lumiant, and Ignition Advice were all on the list, which was selected by a panel of industry ...

AI poses potential challenge to financial stability: Gensler

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2024
... economic efficiencies and foster financial inclusion. Gensler pointed out that AI has already transformed the landscape of robo-advice and brokerage apps. However, he warned of inherent challenges with AI: the decision-making models can be opaque, algorithms ...
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