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Life Insurer Code of Practice falls short: AFA

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2016
... expects insurers to act responsibly when discharging their duties," said Fox. "A fully prepared code would represent a catalyst to form a new culture within insurers; one that positions consumer health and wellbeing alongside sustainable financial performance ...

Storm Financial investor slams court decision

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2016
... The advice group's "double gearing" margin lending investment model and subsequent collapse was considered the primary catalyst for the Future of Financial Advice reforms and led to substantial capital losses for many of its clients. The court has now ...

Who can dig a deeper hole?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2016
Borrowers rejoice! Imagine how good it would be to have banks and other lending institutions pay you, I and Irene to take their money for whatever purpose we want to use them for - a facelift, a tummy tuck, education, holidays, a new car, another mortgage ...

Who spooked the greenback?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016
Have financial markets stumbled on the one catalyst that could herald the beginning of the end... the end of the sour taste in their mouths for all things "risk" since the onset of 2016? They're getting back their mojos. Many, many times I have scribbled ...

AustralianSuper chief calls for man on the moon moment

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015
... "like to challenge that thinking." The chief of Australia's largest superannuation fund said the single most important catalyst for change in this industry will be a change in culture. "Every organisation in this room has a set of corporate values; and ...

Robo revolution to benefit human advisers

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2015
... variety of options they are facing," Smith explained. "The ubiquitous growth of digital advice platforms is exactly the catalyst needed to accelerate the development of traditional advice providers to serve their clients moving forward. "Instead of perceiving ...

FEATURE: The circle of life

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2015
... to launch a MySuper lifecycle default investment option. Qantas Super chief investment officer Andrew Spence said the catalyst for change came in 2014 during the fund's annual strategy conference with the board. It took about 12 months from design to ...

NIRP before lift-off?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2015
... but... good. We're now traipsing past the first week of October and so far, so good. If one were to put a finger on a catalyst for the reversal of fortunes, they were the latest updates on inflation - core US PCE price inflation remains muted at 1.3% ...

EU instos shed banks, set up alternative trading venues

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2015
... Howell added: "I think we're a long way away from that scenario in Australia, but that is an emerging trend globally. "The catalyst is really liquidity. Where regulation and capital requirements are reducing market making and trading activity, the market ...

Millennial women rejecting insurance jobs

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
... offerings and communication channels, attracting and retaining more women at all levels of the organisation could provide the catalyst needed for a real shift in attitudes and consumer engagement," argued PwC UK insurance head Jonathan Howe. He added ...