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Life insurance industry profits double, premiums rise: KPMG

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2023
Life insurance profits in Australia have soared to $1.2 billion, doubling in the year to 30 June 2023, primarily due to gains in superannuation business, according to KPMG's annual market review. Risk products recorded a $400 million profit in FY23 ...

Investors warned on human rights risk in Israel-Hamas conflict

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2023
The escalation of armed violence in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) raises investor concerns over business responsibility under international humanitarian law (IHL). Investors are increasingly interested in understanding their risks ...

Vale Tony Bongiorno

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2023
Tony Bongiorno, a veteran of the financial advice industry and founding partner of the Bongiorno Group, passed away on October 6. Bongiorno helped establish the Melbourne-based group, which specialises in providing financial advice to medical professionals ...

Global economy 'remarkably resilient', faces growth challenges: IMF

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2023
The global economy has shown "remarkable resilience" stemming from a strong demand for services and "tangible progress" in combatting inflation, International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director Kristalina Georgieva said. In a speech in Abidjan, Ivory ...

Don't believe inflation hype, says Pendal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2023
Despite talk of another inflation surge and more interest rate hikes, Pendal's Oliver Ge doesn't think we're returning to the 1970s any time soon. In an update, Ge said any talk of a second wave of inflation and fresh interest rate increases on the ...

Gender parity in funds management stalls

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2023
New research reveals gender parity in global funds management has hit a standstill, with female representation barely moving the needle. Citywire's Alpha Female 2023 report showed an inconsequential increase in female fund managers, stagnating at 12.1% ...

Older Aussies are retirement illiterate: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2023
Australians are pension-phase illiterate and blame the complex superannuation system for not understanding the basics about retirement, a new survey shows. A whopping 70% of 50-year-olds and over canvassed by AMP do not understand what an account-based ...

Investing in research generates threefold economic output

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2023
A major independent study has found that every dollar invested in Australian research generates $3.32 in returns. An independent report by ACIL Allen shows that research funded by the Australian Research Council (ARC) is varied and has a range of economic ...

Managed accounts FUM hits $162bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2023
Managed accounts assets jumped 19% in the year to June to reach a record high of $161.7 billion. This is according to the latest Institute of Managed Account Professionals (IMAP) and Milliman figures, which canvassed 48 firms in their survey. Separately ...

AMP settles class action for $110m

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2023
AMP has put to bed a class action relating to fee for no service scandals and misleading regulators as exposed by the Royal Commission but claims no responsibility in settling for $110 million. The class action filed in June 2018, affected AMP shareholders ...