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Life insurance consumers shun financial advisers

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018
... compared to 24.7% who use a financial adviser, closely followed by 21.9% who call on family members for information. A growing trend is the purchase of life insurance or income protection online or via mobile devices, up 35% compared to 2016. NobleOak's ...

High valuations drive insto investors to alternatives: BlackRock

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018
... fixed income (down 1%) and cash (down 9%). BlackRock institutional client business global head Edwin Conway said the general trend of reallocating to private markets "and other highly active strategies" is indicative of the persistence of global risks. ...

Alternative beta corresponds with adviser risk concerns

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2018
... offer their clients alternative investment strategies, which provide diversification benefits beyond indexing. Long-term trend following provides diversification benefits to portfolios," he said. Shepherd explains alternative beta strategies seek to ...

Banks can take lead on financial inclusion

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2018
Innovative non-bank institutions will fill the financial inclusion gap in Asia Pacific if traditional banks do not secure an estimated $110 billion in untapped revenue. This is a key point from the latest EY report on financial inclusion - a term which ...

Diversification concerns see managed funds uptake

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2018
An increased appetite for portfolio diversification has seen investors increase their exposure to managed funds, according to Investment Trends research. The 2017 Investor Product Needs Report found the vast majority (84%) of respondents recognised ...

ClearView revamps life insurance platform

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2018
ClearView is rolling out a series of enhancements to its life insurance platform with the aim of increasing efficiencies in advice practices. The company's Adviser Quote Underwritinmg and Apply (AQUA) platform now includes integrated electronic quote ...

The darling buds of inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2018
... in December 2017 from 4.2% in September of the same year. Retail spending would gain further impetus if the latest upward trend in core consumer price inflation gathers pace. The annual rate in core CPI accelerated to 1.8% in the year to December from ...

Chief economist update: iPhone and Black Friday sales ring up retail registers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 JAN 2018
... October - total retail sales would be just 0.2% higher for an annual growth rate of 1.8%. This is consistent with the ABS' trend estimate that shows retail sales growth remains flat (0.1% in November from 0.1% in October) on a monthly basis and softer ...

US advisers shifting to international equities

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JAN 2018
... "But fund companies should take note of the interest in actively managed funds, which may signal a reverse in the recent trend of asset flows from active to passive," he said. By the same token, almost a third (30.4%) of advisers plan to increase allocations ...

FS has you covered in 2017

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017
... serious that it is imposing a significant threat to the adequacy of Australia's retirement income system. It said if the trend continues retirees will be increasingly forced to use superannuation to discharge outstanding mortgages, seeing more people ...