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Consultation opens for claim handling changes

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2019
... would apply to AFSLs where they provide financial advice in the course of handling an insurance claim. Treasury said the heavy compliance burden which would fall on insurers or third parties involved in insurance claims handling would result in increased ...

Fidelity adds US equities exposure

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2019
Fidelity is eschewing technology-heavy growth areas of the market for value stocks as it increases exposure to US equities in its multi-asset strategies. Fidelity's multi-asset chief investment officer James Bateman said US value stocks are looking ...

Commonwealth FP fails to meet EU obligations

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
... second report raised concerns around CFPL's remediation program and compliance capabilities, saying there remains a heavy reliance on manual controls which "have a higher inherent risk of failure due to human error and being overridden." Ernst & ...

Kelly O'Dwyer to leave parliament

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2019
... O'Dwyer said she would not recontest the next federal election, citing personal reasons. "After much agonising and with a heavy heart, I am announcing that I will not recontest the next election," O'Dwyer said. "I need to be honest that I cannot commit ...

Budget surplus unlikely as economy stalls: Fitch

OSKAH DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2019
... expected to face economic fatigue heading into the 2019/20 financial year. This is a consequence of China's shift from heavy industry investments, which Fitch Solutions believes "bodes poorly" for Australian mining exports and revenue. As mining ...

Aussie investors calm about next 12 months

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2018
... by baby boomers (33%), GenX (19%) and older (11%). Australian portfolios have 27% in cash as compared to the least cash-heavy US, where investors held 22% in the asset class.

Royal Commission on social media: Executives grilled

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2018
... return 40% of his director's fees. ASIC head Shipton scolded at #BankingRC. The regulator is toothless with the banks but heavy handed elsewhere. Really has little grasp of the activity of the market, how the deck is stacked and how the public persistently ...

Special Report: Hitting new ETF goals

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2018
... market, research shows ETFs and index products achieve good outcomes at a low cost. "We're trying to get away from a heavy-handed investment approach to something that's quite clean and simple and 'off the shelf' as much as possible," ...

Scrapping LRBAs would be detrimental to investors

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2018
A commercial property lender believes banning limited recourse borrowing arrangements in their entirety would be too heavy handed, saying critics often cite residential property spruikers to cast shadows. Thinktank chief executive Jonathan Street said ...

Retirement planning gets a recession check

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018
... cash. "Even if there is not capital growth over the next year, you could still have the yield," Tim says. He thinks bank-heavy ASX stocks as well as US equities are both risky. But blue-chip investments are the best bet as they will retain liquidity ...