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Group insurance awareness encouraging: MetLife

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2017
... super fund. When it comes to specifics, 72% of respondents had limited knowledge of what the policies covered, with the majority more cognisant of what death cover entails compared to illness or accident protection. A major concern for 59% of employees ...

Super and insurance inquiry necessary: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2017
... remit of the banking Royal Commission to include the insurance and superannuation sectors is strongly supported by the majority of readers polled in Financial Standard's weekly survey. More than 60% of respondents believe including super and insurance ...

YBR partners with top fintech

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2017
... $500 million to small businesses, was chosen to broaden the range of financial services available to its clients, the majority of which are small business owners. Funding is an issue that comes up time and time again for small businesses, with either ...

New CFO named for $20bn industry fund

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2017
... VicSuper said. VicSuper has default cover for death, total and permanent disability, and income protection available for the majority of its 238,000 members. Dundon said at the time that the new relationship with MetLife enables VicSuper to continue ...

SMSFs continue rise

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2017
... million Australians are now members of SMSFs (1,130,721), with total value estimated to be more than $700 billion. The vast majority of SMSFs hold between $200,000 to $2 million, with 0.5% holding more than $10 million, and 5.6% holding less than $50,000. ...

Advice industry must think bigger: Netwealth

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2017
... it's the first experience your clients have with you, and the worst thing is that the industry is not improving it - the majority are still using pen and paper," he said. According to Heine, chatbot technology has the potential to fundamentally change ...

Banks feeling heat as MiFID II looms: Liquidnet

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2017
... year-on-year in Asia-Pacific. "You're going to see a lot more banks investing in fintech - but a different kind. The majority of fintech investment has gone into payment platforms and lending platforms, but you can't really point to so many fintech players ...

Retailers should be wary of Amazon: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2017
The majority of people polled in Financial Standard's weekly survey believe the launch of Amazon Marketplace in Australia has potentially dire consequences for local retailers. One-in-four (25%) respondents strongly agree the e-commerce giant will negatively ...

Meat industry fund welcomes new chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017
... billion on behalf of about 70,000 members, largely comprised of employees of Australia's meat industry - the overwhelming majority of which are in the fund's MySuper option. Recent Rainmaker data shows the three year performance to September 2017 of ...

Contango swaps investment managers following AGM

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2017
The majority of Contango Microcap (CTN) shareholders approved the proposal to remove Contango Asset Management (CGA) as the firm's investment manager at the annual general meeting today. The new investment manager for CTN will be NAOS Asset Management. ...