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Post Royal Commission change is all talk: Shipton

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2018
Despite the revelations of the Royal Commission, ASIC is still experiencing deliberate delays from financial institutions in meeting reporting requirements. On Friday, ASIC chair James Shipton told the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and ...

Chief economist update: China's slowing fast

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2018
When the going gets tough, China's authorities get going. Fresh data that showed the Chinese economy slowed to 6.5% in the year to the September quarter shouldn't have generated big concerns - despite headlines that it is the slowest growth ...

TAL slashes jobs, cuts outbound sales

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2018
At least 50 staff members at TAL have been made redundant as part of a wider move to scale back its direct life insurance business. TAL said an ongoing program of change has been underway for some time and has so far resulted in reduced staffing requirements ...

NobleOak wins best direct life insurer award

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2018
... product; the Income Protection Award for its My Protection Plan - IP Cover; and the Customer Service Award for Life Companies. TAL Life also won four awards. It won the Term Life Award for its Lifetime Protect and Funeral Cover Level Premiums Award for ...

BlackRock wins $55bn mandate

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2018
BlackRock is set to manage $55 billion of passively managed assets on behalf of UK diversified financial services company Scottish Widows. The former mutual awarded BlackRock the mandate after completing a review of the management arrangements for $202 ...

IOOF expands managed accounts offering

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
IOOF is expanding its managed account offering to give advisers access to direct equities. Its managed discretionary account solution Managed Portfolio Service (MPS) will now include multi-asset models that combine direct equities with managed funds ...

AFA shines spotlight on member service

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
... AFA Appreciation Awards. Meanwhile, Recognition Awards were received by Sunsuper manager, retail business Mark Stubbings; TAL general manager of retail distribution Niall McConville; and CommInsure acting general manager life product and distribution ...

Female excellence in advice title awarded

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
A West Australian financial adviser was awarded the Association of Financial Advisers/TAL Female Excellence in Advice Award for 2018. Mt. Pleasant-based Donna Lee Powell was recognised for her work with women facing life-changing events. Commencing ...

Chief economist update: Wall Street has fallen, prepare to be greedy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2018
Wall Street has fallen! Repeat, Wall Street has fallen! The financial headlines made sure that you, I and Irene are spooked even before Halloween - with accompanying rationales at that. Wall Street plunges as investors seek safety - Sky News Sudden ...

Quant manager seeks to unscramble cryptocurrency dictionary

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2018
A $160 billion global quantitative investment manager is supporting research that aims to determine whether cryptocurrency prices are predictable. Using natural language processing, the Oxford-Man Institute research is attempting to identify tradeable ...