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Financial literacy in females continues to lag

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2018
... financial literacy and by considerable measure, according to the latest HILDA survey. For the latest study, University of Melbourne researchers administered a five-point financial literacy test, assessing respondents on numeracy, inflation, diversification ...

FSC aggregates insurance industry data

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2018
... and distribute life insurance industry data. FSC chief executive Sally Loane announced the project's delivery in Melbourne today, the culmination of two years' work with APRA and ASIC. "For the first time, armed with a large scale base of reliable ...

Banks take 1500 days to identify breaches: ASIC

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2018
... 1500 days to internally identify breaches in conduct, ASIC chair James Shipton said in his address at the FSC Summit in Melbourne today. And this is only the first step in the reporting the breach to ASIC, he said. The findings are from an ASIC report ...

Best in show should not dampen competition: Bowen

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2018
... Commission, yet the best in show approach must be careful that it doesn't dampen competition. Speaking at the FSC Summit in Melbourne on Wednesday, Bowen said any model that dampens competition would not be in members' interests "And then we also need ...

Future of superannuation leads FSC Summit

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2018
... message from PwC asset and wealth management leader Craig Cummins as he opened the Financial Services Council Summit in Melbourne this morning. Setting the tone for the next two days, Cummins said while financial adviser groups and distributors are important ...

Pinnacle splashes $50m on acquisitions

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2018
Pinnacle Investment Management is acquiring a 40% equity stake in a Melbourne boutique founded by former Vanguard executives and is powering towards another acquisition. The multi-boutique manager is paying $4 million for a 40% equity stake in Omega ...

Sunsuper appoints former AustralianSuper executive

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2018
... year, creating a $58 billion super fund with 1.4 million members. Also in March, Sunsuper finalised its merger with Melbourne-based Kinetic Super. Williams was appointed after a national recruitment search initiated by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry ...

Macrovue appoints ANZ Wealth executive

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2018
... of fintech incubator Stone & Chalk in Sydney, which earlier this week, announced plans to share resources between its Melbourne and Sydney hubs.

SMSFs overlooking off-the-plan property risks

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2018
... significant amounts of their pension due to failed property investment, he added. Westpac and its subsidiaries the Bank of Melbourne, St. George Bank and BankSA will no longer offer SMSF loans effective Tuesday 31 July 2018. "We continually review our ...

Innovators must cooperate: Stone and Chalk

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2018
... and Chalk has launched a national program designed to encourage cooperation between innovators based in its Sydney and Melbourne hubs. The new national program will close down operational silos and increase access to investors, contacts, programs and ...