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Foreign owners take over life insurance: KPMG

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2018
Foreign companies continue to gain the lion's share of Australia's life insurance industry, with the recent sale of CommInsure and OnePath set to boost foreign ownership from less than half to 66%, KPMG research shows. According to the Life ...

Fiducian continues growth trajectory

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2018
Fiducian Group has reported a 21% rise in underlying net profit and a $1 billion lift in funds under management, administration and advice. Releasing its full year results today, Fiducian recorded $10.5 million in UNPAT and an 18% increase in FUMAA ...

Chief economist update: Do nothing RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2018
If all goes according to expectations, today's Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Board meeting will mark one-month and two years (25 months) that the country's cash rate had been stuck at a record low 1.50%, and the longest stretch of unchanged ...

Financial literacy in females continues to lag

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2018
Women are falling behind in almost all aspects of financial literacy and by considerable measure, according to the latest HILDA survey. For the latest study, University of Melbourne researchers administered a five-point financial literacy test, assessing ...

Adviser Ratings to predict licensees' quality of advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2018
Adviser Ratings is proposing a new rating system for Australia's 1800 financial advice licensees that could potentially predict instances of misconduct. The new system, outlined in a new white paper, will see licensees rated in two ways; the first using ...

Industry leaders in sales and marketing recognised at MAX Awards

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2018
More than 300 guests attended last night's 2018 Financial Standard Marketing, Advertising & Sales (MAX) Excellence Awards, which recognised the outstanding achievements in marketing, sales and business development by an individual, team or organisation ...

Chief economist update: New RBNZ Governor maintains old policy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2018
The prevailing global dynamics of tight labour markets and low inflation is not the sole purview of big developed economies. It's happening in the US - the biggest economy in the world (US$18.6 trillion in 2016, according to World Bank estimates) ...

OneVue appoints new Super Services COO from KPMG

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018
OneVue's funds administration arm is welcoming a new chief operating officer. Melissa Gomes joins OneVue from KPMG, where she was associate director of superannuation advisory risk consulting. Prior to that, she held three roles at the Harwood Superannuation ...

Life insurance regulation needs government backing: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2018
An overwhelming number of people who work in life insurance believe the industry needs government backing so it can properly regulate. In a survey conducted by DST Systems, a large number of respondents (85%) want to engage with ASIC to strengthen the ...

Chief economist update: Trump trumps Brexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2018
... both measures remain above the BOE's 2% target that would gain more upward pressure given the UK's strong labour market dynamics - low unemployment and rising wages (up 2.8% in the year to the January quarter which is the fastest rate since the September ...