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WTW launches insto platform

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2017
... do is remove a lot of redundant processes. It will free up managers' time and focus on what's important in their day-to-day job - which is investing, Mao said. "Our clients' investors are often worried about the constraints on their internal resources. ...

The case for internal investment teams

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 24 APR 2017
... manager, the firm would go make us visit client x, then client y on a sales pitch, so we could convince clients what a good job we were doing," Brindle said. "But if we had a bad month, you would start to see the fund sure up so it did not become any ...

Unconscionable super cross-selling will continue: ISA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2017
The Sedgwick Review failed to address some of the "unconscionable" remuneration practices undertaken by banks to cross-sell superannuation products and nothing is being done to curb this, Industry Super Australia says. In response to the independent ...

Robotic stock picking: the future is now

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2017
The world's largest fund manager has shifted the goal posts for active equity investment, announcing it will take the enormous step of combining humans and machines for stock selection. The question is what scale does this new man and machine combination ...

Stone and Chalk lends voice to start-ups by women

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2017
... started proceedings by calling on the audience to take on the risk of entrepreneurship. Many women don't want to risk their job security in exchange for the great unknown, and that's limiting the number of female-led tech start-ups. "The willingness ...

Of war, rate hikes and balance sheets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 APR 2017
Trump's actions against Syria show that he walks the talk, putting Chinese president Xi on notice that the US may yet make good on its threat to slap a 45% tariff on Chinese imports. America's missile assault on Syria, in retaliation for the chemical ...

CBA executive recognised for mentee commitment

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
... she chairs. Webber led the strategic direction of the foundation including its national roll-out to Victoria and additional job-ready and financial literacy programs. "This will significantly increase the number of beneficiaries we can reach, as well ...

Too much ado about Fed reinvesting nothing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 APR 2017
"Do you really want to hurt me Do you really want to make me cry..." - Culture Club It began like just another ordinary day on Wall Street but last night it was one with an upward bias despite geo-political tremors - chemical attack in Syria and nuclear ...

Not our job to protect big insurers: APRA

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2017
The rise of peer-to-peer insurance and smaller insurance tech companies should be taken as a warning to established players - and APRA isn't going to protect outdated business models from failing. APRA member and former Suncorp Life chief executive ...

ECB nips the bud of rate hike speculations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2017
The continued sprouting of green shoots in the Eurozone economy has recently triggered speculations that the European Central Bank (ECB) would soon taper its policy accommodation measures soon. While the Governing Council voted to keep monetary policy ...