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Life Insurance Code targets self-regulation

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2016
An independent committee will have the ability to sanction insurers who do not comply with a new set of standards laid out in an industry-wide Life Insurance Code of Practice produced by the Financial Services Council (FSC). The new code, released today ...

CBA uses virtual reality to revitalise financial education

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2016
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has launched a new virtual reality education program aimed at increasing the financial literacy of young Australians. With a recent survey from Zurich revealing Australians to be overconfident when it comes to money ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2016
Germany trade balance Germany's trade surplus expanded by 2.6% to €20.0 billion in August - in line with market expectations - from July's €19.5 billion surplus as exports grew by much more than imports over the month, 5.4% versus 3.0%. Germany's ...

Super and innovation: a glass half full

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
Innovation Australia chairman Bill Ferris holds a "glass half full" view on the superannuation industry's contribution to technological advancement across the country. Ferris said superannuation funds are buying in to the discussion and narrative about ...

Cities over countries for TH Real Estate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
Understanding local, long-term structural trends is key to preserving investment value and unlocking performance growth in cities throughout the US, Europe and Asia-Pacific, according to TH Real Estate. The firm's head of global research Alice Breheny ...

ASIC permanently bans dishonest adviser

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
ASIC has permanently banned a Tasmanian financial adviser from providing financial services. Director and former financial adviser at Directions Wealth Management, Andrew Williams, has been permanently banned by ASIC for dishonestly providing financial ...

Findex hit with penalties

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
Findex Group and Financial Index Australia (FIA) have each paid $10,800 in penalties following the issuing of infringement notices by ASIC for potentially misleading claims on the Findex website. Between August and December 2015, FIA published posts ...

Popularity of annuity bonds set to soar

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
Indexed annuity bonds are expected to experience sales growth over the next 12 months as the reality of low interest rates and high volatility drives more investors to the asset class. FIIG Securities national manager of adviser services, Simon Michell ...

Slow, slower, slowing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has just published its October World Economic Outlook (WEO) report and true to form, it's once more taking down earlier more optimistic forecasts. In October 2015, the IMF saw world economic output growing brightly ...

BlackRock slashes iShares ETF fees

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2016
BlackRock has reduced management fees across its US iShares Core exchange-traded fund suite, which includes three products listed on the ASX. The three ASX-listed ETFs are the iShares S&P 500 ETF, the iShares S&P Mid-Cap ETF and the iShares S&P Small-Cap ...