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Stockspot has taken a contrary view to its digital advice peers in believing the Quality of Advice Review will negatively impact consumers by bringing about a return of p...
Financial planning
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...
Features
Investors are keeping an eye on three factors in markets, writes Alexandra Cain, which could drive positive performance in 2022....
Financial planning
Senator Jane Hume has confirmed that financial advice is now being viewed as a profession rather than a sales role and that the worst is over following a period of signif...
Financial planning
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...
Financial planning
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...
Features
With a large proportion of financial advisers having now completed the FASEA exam, Alexandra Cain asks whether advisers who passed found it worthwhile?...
Superannuation
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
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....
Funds management
With the launch of BetaShares Crypto Innovators ETF trading almost $40 million, investors need to be careful they aren’t following the herd by picking thematic products w...
Features
Advisers would be wise to understand online investing services given they are democratising investment and removing barriers to entry, Laura Dew finds....
Financial planning
New research from Investment Trends suggests robo-advice has not had the cut-through in Australia that many had hoped for but that new products may yet see it gain a bett...
Superannuation
A super fund investing in index funds has beaten the best-performing super funds with returns of 10 per cent per annum....
Superannuation
The new proposals from the Productivity Commission to overhaul superannuation default funds do not go far enough, according to Stockspot....
Funds management
Fund manager and robo-advice firm, Stockspot has closed a $3 million capital raise to develop its product line....
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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...
Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...