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Managed accounts boost advice business valuations

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015
New research from Rainmaker reveals that managed accounts are not only enabling advisers to improve their clients' investment outcomes as well as boost their own business' worth, they are enabling new investment managers to enter the market. The research ...

APRA relaxes 'select' option data rules

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2015
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has reacted to industry pressure and watered down the data reporting requirements for super funds regarding 'select' investment options. Select investment options are non-MySuper investment options. ...

One third of first home buyers are investors

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2015
Contrary to first home buyers being frozen out of the residential property market, evidence is mounting that many of them are just shifting how they access the market. Concerns about first home buyers (FHB) being denied access to the residential property ...

Surging group premiums push insurer inflows up 12.9 pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2015
Life insurance premiums jumped 12.9% during 2014 driven by group business, which has surged by 24%. The figures are contained in the latest analysis by insurance industry researcher Plan For Life for the 12 months to September 2014. According to the ...

Google insurance coming soon

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2015
Speculation is growing that Google will directly enter the insurance market. While its interest seems limited to automative insurance the impact of its disruptive approach is expected to impact other insurance classes. Google's interest in car insurance ...

Fossil fuel divestment gathers pace

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2015
The fossil fuel divestment push is gathering pace, this time with 295 faculty members of Stanford University in the US writing to its board of trustees asking them to divest its $25 billion endowment fund from the investment sector. The Stanford University ...

MetLife US proactive lobbying lesson for Aust

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2014
Australian financial institutions looking for ways to creatively counter regulatory overreach should look to MetLife in the US that has set up a website called The Regulation Resource Centre to enlist the help of stakeholders and facilitate positive ...

Australia's insatiable online appetite

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2014
The appetite of Australian consumers for internet and online services is increasing at ever faster rates, with huge implications for wealth managers and those battling to stay competitive. The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) released ...

Murray's FSI: consumers win round one

ALEX DUNNIN  |  SUNDAY, 7 DEC 2014
Everything is political and especially so with the super-charged high stakes poker game on display in the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) where the battle lines were quickly drawn between financial product providers versus consumers. And after listening ...

Big changes on way for pension funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014
Pension funds around the globe are going to ramp up their risk appetite, take big bets on alternatives, switch from being asset owners to asset managers and transform how they deal with external investment managers, reveals a major survey released by ...