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Top pension funds slide for first time since GFC

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2016
... approach to currency has also been a contributing factor. "Another differentiator of leading funds is their ability to innovate or be an early adopter; critical in such a persistently low-growth environment. "One area where investors have embraced this ...

Bentleys NSW takes the leap into financial planning

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2016
... services. Bentleys NSW chair, Nigel Banks said: "In todays' ever changing environment, it is critical that we continue to innovate and evolve to support the needs and aspirations of our clients. We needed to do something to remain viable in this space. ...

New $70bn MLC fund gives retail access to unlisted

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2016
... analysis." Fellow panelist and HESTA chief executive Debby Blakey added: "It's extremely difficult for smaller funds to innovate in the same way a large fund can. "Having a big fund with positive cash flow delivers significant benefits. Obviously it ...

NAB merger creates largest retail super fund

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2016
... customer experience. Our old superannuation structure has served our customers well, but as we look forward, we want to innovate more. "Now that we've created Australia's largest retail super fund, we'll be looking to find new ways to make it easier ...

HUB24 FUA up 84pc

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2016
... landscape. The support we receive from our licensees, advisers and their clients is tremendous and we will continually innovate as we seek to deliver to them the most functional superannuation and investment platform."

Competitiveness at risk from STEM fall-off

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2016
... skills but it limits the diversity of thinking and approach that will be brought to bear," said James Mabbott Head of KPMG Innovate. Given that jobs of the future in all sectors particularly financial services will be shaped by innovation, disruption ...

Investment under microscope at ASFA conference

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2015
... adopting more stringent environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment frameworks and how they search for ways to innovate in more traditional asset classes such as debt markets. "We need to move away from measures that focus on benchmarks, peers ...

Embrace change to stay relevant

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2015
... brands - such as Kodak, SAAB, Borders and Atari - that had recently collapsed due, at least in part, to their failure to innovate. Pointing to Cisco Systems executive chair John Chambers' controversial estimate that 40% of companies on the Fortune 500 ...

KPMG pinpoints stagnant insurance industry

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015
The insurance industry is struggling to innovate, according to KPMG global research. KPMG's report, 'A new world of opportunity: The insurance innovation imperative', is based on an April 2015 survey of 280 insurance executives across 20 countries ...

Zero-margin platforms could target Australian market

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2015
Australia's "slow to innovate" investment platform landscape could be threatened by the arrival of overseas "zero-margin" providers, according to Bravura Solutions research. Referencing economist Jeremy Rifkin's The Zero Marginal Cost Society, Bravura's ...