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Life insurer surpasses code of conduct

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2017
TAL is going above and beyond the minimum requirements of the life insurance code of conduct and calling others in the industry to follow suit. The life insurer is applying the code's minimum medical definitions for cancer, heart attack and stroke in ...

Fatigue and profit-based incentives driving risk culture

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2017
... did not significantly boost the number of profitable investments. Given the significant adverse impact on compliance noted above, the study supports the elimination of profit-based incentives currently being debated within the financial services industry." ...

Aura appoints new head of distribution

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2017
... forward to being part of this rapidly growing business and the opportunity to deliver unique products to meet their needs." As above, Aura also recently acquired 100% of the equity in Australian Capital Financial Planning, along with Accountable Financial ...

No follow through

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2017
... the statement in late June. The British central bank's monetary policy summary statement revealed its continued worry over above target inflation - headline at 2.6% in June; core at 2.4% -- brought about by sterling's depreciation and that "some tightening ...

RBI succumbs to low-flation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2017
... inflation for the first half of 2017 at 2.9%. The question now is whether the India's inflation would rebound to "a little above 4% by Q4" as the RBI expects. At its August meeting the Indian central bank noted that "some of the upside risks to inflation ...

Suncorp hails diversity amid profit boost

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2017
... workplace and culture that values diversity and flexibility, and which rewards the right behaviour and performance outcomes." As above, underpinning this was the group's boost in NPAT, fuelled by total revenue growth of 12% to $17.3 billion. The majority ...

Douglass makes case for Magellan turnaround

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2017
... (1.54%). Laying out his case for the increasing prominence of "digital-platform companies," Douglass said stocks like the above are "dream businesses from an economic perspective, as they earn nearly infinite returns on capital (as they essentially require ...

Advice business offers enforceable undertaking

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2017
... not dictated by price," the spokesperson said. The spokesperson added that FIA's funds generally consistently performed above benchmark for the entire period in which the recommendations were made. Under the EU offered by FIA, the advice firm conceded ...

SQM rolls out low-cost adviser platform

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2017
... "portfolio blending" service which will ultimately enable advisers to combine direct equities and managed funds research with the above property risk profiling. "Our expanded analytics platform puts SQM Research on a level playing field with its peers ...

Powered by low-flation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2017
... According to Factset: "Of the 57% of companies that have now reported, more than 73% have beaten the consensus EPS estimate, above the 70% one-year average. In addition, 73% have beat the consensus revenue estimate, well ahead of the 56% one-year average... ...