Category: SIAA Newsroom

What makes cryptocurrency investors tick?

BTC Markets, a digital asset exchange with over 325,000 Australian clients who have traded over AU$17.1 billion in digital assets since its launch in 2013, has released its first-ever Investor […]

Real Estate: is now a good time to invest?

By Nick Bullick, Portfolio Manager, Qualitas There is no shortage of news flow around the property sector at the moment, often leaving investors confused. However, that doesn’t mean investors should […]

Derivatives Accreditation – increasing your worth as an adviser

The aging of baby boomers, growth of SMSFs and recent market fluctuations have created a tremendous need for financial advice. At the same time however, there is considerable competition to […]

Final piece of the puzzle for the Single Disciplinary Body

The government has released for consultation the regulations supporting the implementation of the Single Disciplinary Body for financial advisers. The bill implementing the Single Disciplinary Body was passed by Parliament […]

Lithium deals show Aussie-China ties not totally cut

By Glenn Dyer, ShareCafé China has spent the past year or more monstering Australia and Australian companies – from the government to iron ore and wine producers, to barley, beef, […]

A post-COVID-19 world might just be emerging market equities’ time to shine

Sponsored article By Anthony Doyle, Cross-asset Investment Specialist, Fidelity International As COVID-19 battered the world’s economies last year, emerging markets were among some of the hardest hit; they also saw […]

An alternative to the banks for transferring currency internationally

By Ian Cragg, Co-founder, Send In 2019 the ACCC made an enquiry into the supply of foreign currency conversion services (FX services) in Australia for both retail and SME clients. […]

AFCA a difficult environment for defending complaints

A new report that analyses AFCA complaints data provides important insights to financial advice firms on how best to deal with client complaints and highlights how difficult complaints are to […]

SEC looking at AI in investment advice

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in the US is seeking input on how retail brokers, wealth managers and robo-advisers are designing digital customer engagement tools. The aim of the […]

More detail on the Single Disciplinary Body

The Single Disciplinary Body legislation has been passed in the House of Representatives without amendment, despite strong feedback from across the financial advice sector that was provided as part of […]