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Clime IM appoints private wealth head from Suncorp

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2018
Clime Investment Management named the head of its private wealth division and flagged the development of interstate offices in an investor update. Maria Greensill was previously manager, financial planning operations at Suncorp. Before that, she was ...

Bitcoin bubble will burst in 2018: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2018
... and independent wealth management firm deVere Group introduced a cryptocurrency app to store, transfer and exchange five major cryptocurrencies including bitcoin and ethereum. The International Organisation of Securities Commissions also warned ICOs ...

SuperFriend launches employer engagement framework

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2018
A best practice framework released by SuperFriend presents significant areas life insurers and superannuation funds can better engage with employers, and help employees return to work quicker. SuperFriend's latest guide, which builds on its managing ...

Phone leads life insurance sales: Roy Morgan

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2018
... who call on family members for information. Roy Morgan industry communications director Norman Morris said there are some major differences in the consumers' profile when using various channels to purchase life insurance. Higher income groups have a ...

Money managers eye household debt

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2018
... very well over the last decade, largely because of the almost limitless quantities of virtually free money that the world's major central banks have provided. And over that time, while prices have been going up, volatility has become and remained exceptionally ...

Last chance to win a Google Home

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018
There is only hours left to participate in the Financial Standard Readership Survey and be in the running to win one of 10 Google Home smart speakers. More than 300 Financial Standard readers have responded to the survey, telling us how we can improve ...

ATO toasts the "SMSF class of 2012"

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018
... annual SMSF returns for 2016-17 to June 30. ATO deputy commissioner James O'Halloran explained the decision, citing "some major new considerations and decisions for SMSFs and their advisers to make in this first financial year of operation of the superannuation ...

Industry fund cuts life premiums, renews insurer

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018
... MetLife was working with its super fund partners to determine the appropriate level of cover for younger members, following a major move by AustralianSuper in September last year to allow new members under 25-years-old to opt-in to life insurance

Venture capital sector booming but needs greater government support

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2018
... to 135 (2017), she said "we are hopeful that the decline in the rate of closed deals is a temporary shift rather than a major structural change in the venture capital market."

ASIC bans ex-CBA adviser for five years

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2018
... suffer a financial loss. ASIC has banned 40 advisers since October 2014 as part of a crackdown to lift the standards of major financial advice providers under the Wealth Management Project.