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Financial services jobs at risk of automation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2016
... opportunities to sell a greater range of services. This is reflected in the number of finance professionals increasing three-fold over the same period from 32,000 to 90,000. The report warned, however, that technology has been able to substitute for ...

AMP Capital adds infra fund to SMSF suite

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2016
... Infrastructure Fund with a minimum investment of $10,000. The number of visitors accessing AMP Capital's SMSF Suite has grown 10-fold during the last 12 months. AMP Capital said this due to the increased amount of educational content on the site and ...

Funds SA chair departs

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2015
... December 2015, and after 15 years as chairman of Funds SA. During this period funds under management have increased five-fold to more than $26 billion. South Australian Treasurer Tom Koutsantonis said since being appointed chairman in December 2000 ...

Super funds under growing global pressure to divest

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2015
... over the world. A global report by Arabella Advisors quoted by the campaign shows that fossil fuel divestment has grown 50-fold over the last year, with institutions divesting managing about $3.3 trillion (US$2.3 trillion) In Australia, "we have had ...

GBST managing director to retire

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2015
... ASX listing, its market capitalisation has grown from $44 million to more than $300 million and revenue has increased five-fold from $22 million to $114 million. The company employs some 600 people in Australia, Asia, Europe and the United States. Puttick ...

Super doing its job: Actuaries Institute

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015
... again indicating the importance of the Age Pension in providing a base level of income for the less well off. There is a 50-fold difference in wealth between those in the top 5% income bracket and about to retire and those at the bottom 5%. This reduces ...

SelectingSuper rejects claim small funds should merge

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
... Fairfax media this morning that a major superannuation research group has said that funds below this threshold should merge or fold because they are sub-scale, charge relatively high fees and as a group don't deliver appropriate value in terms of returns ...

Infrastructure returns beat equities, bonds

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
... energy demands through 2035. And based on projected global GDP growth to 2030, the OECD expects increases of two-to-four-fold for various measures of air and sea transport volumes. Other forecasts have shown similar increases in transportation demand," ...

Will nice numbers make RBA a bad guy?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2015
... year. "Private sector dwellings excluding houses" surged by 5.3% on the month and 59.2% year-on-year. The good in here is two-fold. One, increased housing construction relieves the upward pressure on house/unit/apartment prices as their supply increases. ...

Advice industry faces insurance quandary

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2015
... that much. It's just that insurers are a lot more risk-averse now." Managing director of financial services law firm The Fold, Claire Wivell Plater, agreed, adding that the onus is on planners to demonstrate to insurers that they are worth insuring by ...