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Markets fear Trump effect on global trade

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2016
Beyond the initial market sell-off, investors might have a bigger worry ahead if US President-elect Donald Trump makes good on his global trade platform. The Republican presidential nominee is heading for the White House after securing the most votes ...

The president is a Trump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2016
Donald Trump - the "misogynist", the "sexual predator", the "racist", the "lying cheat", the "clown", the "narcissist", "the most hated man in America" is now President-elect of America. No one, or so it seems, like him. Not the media - mainstream and ...

Retirement fears herald advice opportunity

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2016
Less than one in 10 super fund members are confident they will be able to finance their retirement, the latest research from Investment Trends shows. The research firm's 2016 Member Sentiment and Communications Report shows less than 10% of members ...

MLC bolsters group insurance team

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2016
MLC Life Insurance is renewing its focus on group insurance with five key appointments. MLC is expanding the team to include experienced price actuaries, insurance product experts and relationship managers all with institutional client experience. The ...

New director for NAB super trustee

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2016
NAB is welcoming a new non-executive director to the board of its superannuation fund trustee. Andrew Gale joins the board of NULIS Nominees, which is responsible for NAB's superannuation funds including the MLC Super Fund. Bringing 35 years' experience ...

ANZ wealth sale marks end of an advice era

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016
ANZ's potential sale of its wealth business will send ripples through the succession plans of many advice businesses now that banks can no longer be considered a "buyer of last resort." During a media briefing discussing the bank's full-year results ...

IRESS appoints retirement incomes chair

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2016
IRESS has appointed a new retirement incomes chair. David Orford takes on the role having been chair of Financial Synergy, whose acquisition by IRESS was completed on October 31. Orford founded Financial Synergy in 1976, having previously been an actuary ...

YBR hits back at Bouris expose

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2016
Yellow Brick Road has denied suggestions made in an ABC report that shareholders want executive chair Mark Bouris removed from the company. The ABC report aired alleged shareholder concerns about the direction of YBR as well as remuneration arrangements ...

Pension systems and ageing populations at crossroads

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2016
Mercer senior partner David Knox is warning increased pressure will be placed on global retirement systems if government policies do not adapt to ageing populations and declining birth rates. Knox fired the warning as the 2016 Melbourne Mercer Global ...

Narev points to GFC for bank dissatisfaction

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2016
A historic wave of bank bashing does not simply explain the current environment according to Commonwealth Bank chief executive Ian Narev. Speaking at a lunch hosted by the Trans-Tasman Business Circle in Sydney yesterday, Narev discussed the changing ...