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Cooper defends BT life insurance figures

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2016
BT Financial Group chief executive Brad Cooper has defended BT's life insurance arm after it was revealed the 37% TPD denial rate highlighted in ASIC's industry review came from his company. Last week, ASIC came out with its review of life insurance ...

Australia is the APAC hedge fund capital: Preqin

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2016
Australia is the "leading centre for hedge funds" in the Asia-Pacific region, with $99 billion in assets under management, according to Preqin research. The new Preqin Insight: Alternative Assets in Australia report found that there are now 107 active ...

Fidelity names Australian MD

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2016
Fidelity International has appointed a new managing director for its Australian operations. In addition to her role as investment director, Alva DeVoy has been promoted as managing director, Australia. DeVoy will be based in Sydney and assume responsibility ...

Oil's rally could slip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2016
They were priced at US$26.01 and US$26.91 with Standard Chartered Bank even going on record predicting that prices could drop to US$10 before "money managers in the market conceded that matters had gone too far". These were the price of a barrel of ...

Advisers see fintech as tool not threat

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2016
More financial advisers are embracing fintech as a tool to enhance services rather than seeing it as threat to their livelihood. The new report from the Financial Planning Standards Board (FPSB) aims to start a global conversation around the implications ...

Poll provides fresh defence against Royal Commission

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2016
The Australian Bankers Association (ABA) has launched its latest defence against Labor's proposed Royal Commission, releasing new poll data that shows a fall in support for an inquiry. The poll, conducted by Galaxy between October 6-9, shows two thirds ...

VicSuper appoints product manager

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2016
VicSuper has appointed a new product manager to help tackle the retirement income conundrum. Amanda Hoffman joins VicSuper from Industry Fund Services, where she was a senior product manager. Before that she held senior roles at Orchard Funds Management ...

Keybridge executive director resigns, chair appointed

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2016
Keybridge Capital has appointed a new chair and non-executive director while director Antony Sormann has departed. Jeremy Kriewaldt is currently a partner at Atanaskovic Hartnell, specialising in corporate and commercial law. He was previously a partner ...

Asia-Pacific leads global HNW population and wealth

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2016
The Asia-Pacific region is now the leading region for high net worth individuals (HNWI) wealth, according to the 2016 Capgemini Asia-Pacific Wealth Report. In 2015 Asia-Pacific HNWI wealth grew by 9.9% to US$17.4 trillion, a growth rate 5.8 times the ...

Reduced contribution cap hurts women, self-employed workers: SMSFA

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2016
SMSF Association chief executive Andrea Slattery said a reduced concessional contribution cap will disproportionately affect older workers, in particular women and those who are self-employed. Following the release of SMSF Association/Rice Warner research ...