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gigSuper reaches out to self-employed

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2017
Competition in superannuation is gathering pace with the entry of gigSuper, the latest boutique direct product aimed at a niche market. Tapping into growing number of Australians who are self-employed or working in the gig economy, co-founders Peter ...

Managed accounts now available via FirstChoice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2017
Managed accounts are now live on Colonial First State's FirstChoice platform, providing a level of portfolio control typically associated with managed discretionary accounts. The latest platform enhancement to be rolled out by CFS sees more than 100 ...

Gender pay gap widespread in financial services: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2017
Financial services retains the notorious crown as the industry with the highest gender pay gap, the latest report from the Workplace Gender Equality Agency shows. Financial services and insurance employers reported the largest gap of 31.9% between male ...

Jeremy Cooper explores the inconvenient truth of super

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2017
Challenger retirement income chair Jeremy Cooper believes the superannuation industry and its regulators need to address an inconvenient truth: the system is wholly unprepared for retirees. Speaking at the Financial Services Council Retirement Income ...

Morrison backs customer-owned banking reforms

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017
Treasurer Scott Morrison has backed the entire proposed reform package for the banking co-ops and mutuals sector in an effort to further increase competition in banking and financial services. The Hammond Review found a widespread lack of recognition ...

China poised for asset management boom

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2017
China is forecast to become the second largest asset management market globally by 2019, sitting just behind the US, according to Casey Quirk. The consultancy firm also anticipates China will attract half of the industry's new asset flows in two years' ...

Alternatives manager makes senior Australian hire

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2017
A global alternatives investment manager is welcoming a senior appointment to its Sydney office, bringing an industry expert back to his home market. Joining as a member at KKR from early 2018 will be David Lang. He joins from Pamplona Capital Management ...

BTFM awards $500m fixed income mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2017
BT Funds Management New Zealand recently awarded a $500 million mandate to a manager of global sovereign debt. With this new mandate from the investment arm of Westpac New Zealand, Colchester Global Investors has taken its total Australian and New Zealand ...

AFA keeps financial literacy front of mind

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 16 OCT 2017
The Association of Financial Advisers will soon join an updated list of supporters for ASIC's National Financial Literacy Strategy. Heading up the AFA's Financial Literacy Working Group, Dianne Charman told Financial Standard the AFA has constantly ...

Soft skills the new pages in adviser playbook

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2017
AFA chief executive Phil Kewin said the 2017 National Adviser Conference is deliberately focused on the soft skills financial advisers need in their tool kits as Australians become more dependent on advice for financial wellness. Speaking at a media ...