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Group insurance dominates life insurance channels: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2018
The majority of people canvassed in Financial Standard's weekly poll reveal they have life insurance via their superannuation fund. About 60% of respondents said life insurance was available via their employer or super fund. Almost one-in-three (32%) ...

Derivatives costly and ineffective: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2018
The majority of superannuation pension products eschew derivative strategies due to high costs and lack of effectiveness, latest research shows. Only one-third (37%) of superannuation funds in Milliman's latest survey are using derivatives to protect ...

FinTech Australia chair steps down

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2018
... body and guide its rapid growth. He added that Fintech Australia has significantly advanced the fintech agenda with the majority of its proposed reforms either enacted or in the process of being enacted, such as the fintech regulatory sandbox, retail ...

UBS restructures global wealth arms

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2018
... leadership in Asia Pacific and with ultra-high-net-worth clients, and rolled out a single technology platform covering the majority of client assets. Naratil joined the Swiss firm in 2000 and has since served in several executive roles. He was most recently ...

CBA advice compensation bill balloons

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2018
... fees. "All customers have been contacted to advise them that CBA is conducting a review of their advice, and the vast majority of assessment outcomes will be issued to customers by the end of January 2018. This is ahead of the schedule agreed with ASIC," ...

Clime IM appoints private wealth head from Suncorp

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2018
... Abernethy also noted that Clime boosted its aggregate funds under management to $812 million in the December quarter. The majority of this FUM is in Clime's individually managed accounts ($396 million), followed by managed funds and mandates ($132 million) ...

SuperFriend launches employer engagement framework

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2018
... regardless of the cause of injury or illness and not limited to workers compensation claims, the report said. It noted the majority of employer engagement traditionally occurred at the on-claim stage, but is shifting toward a more proactive delivery ...

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STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018
... have responded to the survey, telling us how we can improve our news coverage in 2018. So far, we've determined that the majority of our audience read Financial Standard more than three times a week on average and many would like to see more coverage ...

ATO toasts the "SMSF class of 2012"

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018
... SMSF sector at an earlier stage in their working life than in previous years." Of those SMSFs established in 2012, the majority (53%) had balances of $200,000 or less - this proportion has since decreased to 20%. Five years ago, 12% of SMSFs were in ...

Diversification concerns see managed funds uptake

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2018
... exposure to managed funds, according to Investment Trends research. The 2017 Investor Product Needs Report found the vast majority (84%) of respondents recognised the importance of portfolios being well-diversified. Reflecting this, two in five (40%) ...