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Life insurer definitions clashing: Regulators

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2017
... insurers can and do legitimately decline such claims. Commenting on the findings, ASIC deputy chair Peter Kell said the analysis of this initial data reinforces the findings of ASIC's Report 498 - that over 90% of life insurance claims are paid in the ...

Aussie fintech usage surges

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017
... networks. Fintech Hyper Anna for example, is an artificial intelligence system that answers simple business queries via data analysis. Another is Coinbase, a bitcoin wallet and platform where merchants and consumers can transact.

RG97 effects inconsistent: Rainmaker

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2017
... trickled through market segments and asset classes revealing uneven results, Rainmaker's research shows. A high level analysis shows not-for-profit (NFP) superannuation funds have over twice the increase on fees compared to retail funds. Among the asset ...

Beyond 6000

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2017
... and upwards towards the all-time peak of 6828.71 points it closed at on 1 November 2007. This is because in technical analysis parlance, a break of the resistance level - a heavy one at that - suggests that the sell-orders waiting to be filled have been ...

Wealth, insurance arms hit banks' earnings

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2017
... squeeze the margins of the four major banks in the full year to 2017, separate reports from EY and KPMG have found. A KPMG analysis of the major Australian banks' performance shows the insurance and wealth management arms collectively earned $10 billion ...

Fintech firm launches $7.5m IPO

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2017
... about following the best investors to get better returns so you can to build that retirement nest-egg. And our portfolio analysis tools and flat fee brokerage help you to do that."

Mason Stevens expands fixed income, appoints SMA manager

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2017
... Stevens expanded its fixed income SMA team with the appointment of Paul Wylie, whose role is to provide quantitative analysis on fixed income securities for retail fixed income SMAs. Wylie was previously head of credit solutions and strategic trading ...

FinPal integrates broking capabilities

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2017
... a core philosophy. Connecting to other systems enhances the ability of our customers to automate the acquisition and analysis of data, reducing the time and cost of service," Handley said. "Having the opportunity to start adding these features now will ...

ESG and emerging markets investment continues rise

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2017
... equity mandates totaled almost 40% of new equity mandates (now 24%) and the US dominated the regional picture. Deeper analysis by the investment consultancy suggests a positive relationship between managers' governance scores and investment performance ...

Students to manage university fund

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2017
... industry professionals. This will give students the opportunity to learn from leaders in banking, finance and credit analysis. Both third-year commerce and postgraduate finance students will use the university's trading rooms which are equipped with ...