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Life insurance legacy faces more scrutiny

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2016
... issue; this, however, requires legislative change. "Without in any way undermining the need for legislation to solve this problem, APRA's view is that industry can do more in relation to legacy products. In particular, life insurers need robust systems ...

Investors driving impact demand

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2016
... advisers to tell the investment story without the challenge of individually justifying each company in the holding. "The problem this industry had 10 years ago was if an adviser was coming to you and saying 'Hey I have a great SLI fund' someone might ...

Saving super from Tinder sex bots

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2016
... intention to vote but ended up doing so anyway. Using that data was clearly effective," he said. Addressing the Tinder problem, he noted that the dating service had been plagued by advertising bots that would convince users they were real people looking ...

Aussie start-up wins $500m impact investing mandate

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2016
... financial services outfit Global Impact Initiative (GII) has secured a USD$500 million mandate from London-based social problem solving agency World Wide Generation. Under the deal, GII will work with World Wide Generation on a slum rehabilitation project ...

Australian infrastructure supply must lift: report

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2016
... investment. Infrastructure Partnerships Australia chief executive Brendan Lyon said the report shows Australia has the kind of problem the rest of the world wants - too many investors right when greater investment is needed. "With record high prices ...

Insurers to battle big data privacy concerns

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2016
... adjustments could come from social media, supermarket and credit card transactions and devices like smartwatches. The problem is, the paper noted, "consumers may not be aware that the insurer has accessed this information." "This may be considered an ...

Ageing boards problematic: ACSI

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2016
The growing number of younger women holding directorships is doing nothing to combat Australia's ageing boards problem, according to the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors. ACSI's latest research shows that although female directors are ...

Ageing societies threaten to undermine global economy

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2016
... the developed world will have a declining share of global GDP," he added. Ultimately he said global ageing is a global problem requiring global solutions. "We need globalisation. We need global labour movement and immigration. But the danger is that ...

Trump bigger than Brexit

ALEX BURKE, DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2016
... carried on. "Equity markets remain higher than at the start of 2016; the markets essentially said that Brexit is a local problem," she said. Eaton Vance vice president, co-director of global income group, and portfolio manager Eric Stein said he also ...

Foreign instos keen on Aussie real estate

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2016
Foreign institutional investment in Australian real estate is down more than 7% in the 12 months to October 2016 when compared to same period in 2015. In the past year 324 cross-border property transactions were recorded in Australia with a value of ...