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Citigroup takes action on pay inequality

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2018
... pay gap never before seen from any of its US peers. "This is a tipping point for the Wall Street banks. We expect women will not only receive the pay they deserve at Citi, the company will reap the benefits of talent acquisition and retention so that ...

Diversification concerns see managed funds uptake

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2018
... "Growing interest in managed funds is buoyed by investors' desire for diversification across asset classes, the perceived ease of not having to select individual stocks, and the access to a range of investment strategies that managed funds provide," ...

International broker enters Aussie market

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2018
... director Alex Douglas said the firm believes "there is a yawning gap in the Australian investors' portfolio because they have not been accessing international equity markets." The platform business says it will offer competitive rates with trading in ...

Australia overdue for company tax cut: Spot poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2018
... organisations. Thirty-one per cent strongly agreed that Australia is due for major tax reforms, while 42% of participants did not agree with this move. Lowering Australia's 30% company tax rate would have greater implications for the wealth industry ...

Zurich UK launches selfie app for underwriting

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2018
... coverage is as little as £8 (13.90). Zurich head of consumer distribution Chris Atkinson said: "We know that many people prefer not to think about what will happen to them or their dependents if they become ill or were to die. So we've tried to approach ...

The next generation of adviser and client

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2018
... financial advisers are female. Further, while 23.2% of Certified Financial Planners in the US are female, that number has not changed for the last 15 years despite a growth of almost 80% in the number of advisers attaining the CFP designation. Additionally ...

Siri and Alexa: The future of banking?

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2018
... location of its nearest ATM. Now, Davey predicts the ability to perform banking tasks usually reserved for branch visits is not far off. "It won't be long before we see these devices becoming common in every household and having the capability to provide ...

The darling buds of inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2018
... this could be offset by a more aggressive policy response by the US Federal Reserve but given current indications... perhaps, not yet. Although it tracks the core CPI measure's direction, the core PCE price index - the Fed's favoured inflation measure ...

Government releases super tax measures for consultation

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 12 JAN 2018
... measures are intended to ensure that "related party transactions cannot be used to circumvent contribution caps. They are not intended to prevent the use of LRBAs." The paper uses an example to illustrate the effect of the new laws: it presents Laura ...

Satisfaction with industry super rising

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 12 JAN 2018
... more may only comprise 4% of members but they account for almost 25% of total funds. "It is important for super fund members not to be influenced by short term fluctuations in performance across funds, for what is a very long term investment," Roy Morgan ...