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Open banking regime to boost advice

DARREN SNYDER, KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2018
... bank goes on to say research in connection with the UK open banking standard "indicates that 77% of consumers believe that third parties accessing their financial data should be regulated." Financial technology expert and principal financial adviser ...

Wells Fargo opens up on pay gaps

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2018
Wells Fargo has become the third major US bank to take action on gender and ethnicity pay gaps. Responding to shareholder pressure the bank released the findings of its most recent pay equity study. It showed women working for Wells Fargo in the US ...

Older Aussies failing to account for longevity risk

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2018
Only half of Australia's over-50s have made financial plans in anticipation of living longer, according to National Seniors Australia. A new report shows while 85% of over-50s surveyed are aware their life expectancy at age 65 has increased by about ...

Super funds that embrace change will prevail: DST

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2018
... best-poised to take advantage of Australia's $2.7 trillion pension holding - recently rated by Willis Towers Watson as the third-largest in the world. DST suggested super funds and insurers are collectively challenged by two key issues: the rising number ...

Chief economist update: Build, build, and build some more

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2018
... unemployment rate lower still. The unemployment rate dropped sharply to 5.0% in the December 2017 quarter from 5.6% in the third quarter, marking the third consecutive decline since it hit a two-year high of 6.6% in March 2017 quarter. Even better, this ...

AI threatens financial services workers: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2018
... deployments or are looking to redeploy employees to new functional areas (48%)," he said. AI is also introducing new roles - a third (35%) of executives in finance are hiring new employees with different skillsets capable of fully harnessing the technology ...

Derivatives costly and ineffective: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2018
... pension products eschew derivative strategies due to high costs and lack of effectiveness, latest research shows. Only one-third (37%) of superannuation funds in Milliman's latest survey are using derivatives to protect retirees against market downturns. ...

Aberdeen LIC internalises management

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2018
... explained to shareholders that the agreement with Aberdeen comes to an end on January 31. "Rather than appointing an alternate third-party investment manager to manage the investment portfolio of ALR, your company has employed an investment management ...

Australia increases foreign direct investment inflows

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2018
... already slowed in 2016, and it went on to contract by 23% in 2017, to US$666 billion. However, this still represented the third-highest level since 2007. UNCTAD Secretary-General Mukhisa Kituyi said FDI recovery continues to be on a bumpy road. "While ...

Infrastructure investment needs rethink

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2018
... increase rates beyond a certain level can quickly find revenues impacted by motorists taking alternative routes," he said. His third and arguably most important theme for infrastructure markets is technological disruption. "Investors are starting to ...