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Family offices ready to take risks

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAR 2023
The risk appetites of family offices around the world are increasing and they've got their sights set on investment grade fixed income and emerging market equities. That's according to a new study by Ocorian which gleaned insights from 134 family office ...

Still work to be done on group insurance: ASIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2023
... cohorts. However, it said trustees need to do more - fewer than half of trustees regularly compare claim outcomes at a cohort level. On claims handling, ASIC said all trustees in the 2022 review have taken steps towards reducing frictions in their claims ...

TAA urges active recruitment for industry sustainability

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2023
... adviser exam; having a minimum of 15 years' experience as at 31 December 2021; and possessing a competency assessment at AQF7 level or above, he said. Education providers could, for example, be encouraged to create training specifically for older advisers ...

Fink warns of "slow rolling crisis"

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2023
In his annual letter to investors, BlackRock chair Larry Fink has said it's unclear what impact the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and others this past week will truly have, saying they are just one element of the "price we're paying for decades ...

Wealth managers bracing for compensation claims

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2023
A rise in compensation claims from clients is expected over failure to understand risk suitability and will lead to tougher regulation, research suggests. New research from Oxford Risk revealed 58% of wealth managers, who collectively manage assets ...

Active fund managers historically underperform: SPIVA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2023
A staggering majority of actively managed Australian equity funds are underperforming in the short term and across every time horizon, the latest SPIVA Scorecard reveals. Nearly 79% of active fund managers focused on Aussie equities underperformed the ...

CareSuper changes TPD definition, extends cover

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2023
... before the same date, they will not be eligible for the extended death cover. The super fund is also increasing the maximum level pre-disability income for income protection cover. The maximum pre-disability income replacement will be increased from ...

Residential mortgages will defy headwinds: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2023
... is that arrears that are 90-plus days overdue for non-banks tracked at 37 basis points as at November 2022 - the lowest level in 15 years. Secondly, Foresight found that non-banks have "extremely low exposure to fixed-rate loans". These will, however ...

Advice firms trading at premium: Broker

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2023
... revenue range. Many buyers are shunning low-margin revenue, that is clients paying fees less than $3000, believing that the level of work required significantly reduces profitability. "Clients much below this level generally detract from value and have ...

We are closer to a pause: Lowe

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2023
... you don't get inflation down, we will be in all sorts of trouble. So that's a difficult message at an individual level."