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Can life and health insurers operate under one roof?

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2017
... health insurance because these are already such complex products on their own," she said. Referring to the behavioural economics research Choice regularly undertakes, Turner said consumers encounter many problems with bundled products. She said that ...

Future of advice is bionic, not robo

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2016
... advice has traditionally been very technical but I think we all appreciate that there's a lot of emotions and behavioural economics proving that it's actually people's psyche and their mental wellbeing."

Advisers must understand psychological differences

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2016
... between the genders," Kulatunga added. The research is part of NAB's growing initiative to use insights from behavioural economics to help investors make better financial decisions. The research found Australian women are missing out on tens of thousands ...

Minimum withdrawal rates act as default: CSIRO

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2016
... conservative default that sees retirees exceeding needs to self-insure their financial longevity. CSIRO behavioural economics and superannuation decision-making research project leader Andrew Reeson said the latest research mainly comes from anonymous ...

Super funds should engage in pub theory

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2015
... people are actually feeling (opposed to thinking)," Jenkins said. Founder and director of the Program on Behavioural Economics and Public Policy, Professor Cass Sunstein, told the ASFA conference yesterday there has been a wealth of investment in behavioural ...

Consumers need super default safety net: ISA

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2015
... contributions, or were sold retail super funds by financial advisers," a newly-released ISA white paper on behavioural economics said. The ISA argued that the Murray Inquiry, the Productivity Commission Inquiry "have both rejected calls for deregulation ...

ASIC asks FSI for more flexible toolkit

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2014
... people may not have the time, inclination or capacity to read disclosure documents. He added that research in behavioural economics indicates that consumers are not rational in their decision making. This may mean that people will not read disclosure ...

AIA launches fitness program available via advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2014
... members across South Africa, United Kingdom, United States, China and Singapore. The program uses research in behavioural economics to stimulate people to adopt a healthy lifestyle. AIA Vitality members begin the program by completing health and fitness ...

New $9 million super research facility opens

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2013
... our skills in big data analytics, financial mathematics, real options, risk modeling, social science and behavioural economics." CSIRO research theme leader Alan Dormer said. The academic research program was drawn together for Monash by Professor Deborah ...
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