Chris Brycki

Funds management

Advisers leading the charge in ETFs’ explosive growth

The Australian ETF market could climb to $800 billion in assets under management by 2034, according to new Stockspot analysis, with financial advisers underpinning this u...

Funds management

The top 10 Aussie suburbs for highest ETF wealth

Stockspot analysis has revealed the top 10 suburbs across Australia with the highest average balance invested in ETFs, with the top postcode sitting at over $355,000....

Funds management

Which is Australia’s best domestic equity ETF?

Stockspot has shared its favoured Australian equity ETF based on size, cost, slippage, liquidity, returns and track record....

Financial planning

Stockspot hits out against Vanguard’s QoA Review submission

Stockspot’s founder, Chris Brycki, has hit out against Vanguard’s submission to the Quality of Advice Review, flagging concerns that the firm carving out a role as produc...

Financial planning

Govt should educate consumers on finfluencer risks

While guidance for advisers is welcome, the onus is also on the Government to educate consumers on how much weight they should give finfluencers versus licensed professio...

Features

Cutting-edge tech for financial advice firms

Digitalisation is only growing in importance for clients, writes Alexandra Cain, so it is vital that advisers work out how they can implement it in their practices....

Financial planning

Consumers need better protection from finfluencers

The regulator’s guidance on ‘finfluencers’ is welcome but more needs to be done to protect consumers, according to Stockspot, including banning them from product commissi...

Superannuation

Super heatmaps emphasise need for financial advice

Despite questions being raised about the appropriateness and accuracy of the prudential regulator’s heatmaps, they do underscore the importance of advice, the Financial S...

Financial planning

Proper robo-advice not conflicted: Stockspot

As long as robo-advisers are treated like human advisers then there should be no conflicts in the robo-advice process, according to a robo-advice firm....

Features

Robo 2.0: Threat or opportunity?

Advisers would be wise to understand online investing services given they are democratising investment and removing barriers to entry, Laura Dew finds....