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Nothing to fear from robo-advice: Magellan

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2017
Magellan Asset Management chief executive and chief investment officer Hamish Douglass believes financial advisers should not fear robo-advice in an era where artificial intelligence and big data can dominate discussion. Speaking at Magellan's financial ...

BEAR cracks down on executive pay

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2017
The Banking Executive Accountability Regime draft legislation could force banks to defer a large portion of executives' remuneration if they breach accountability obligations. The Treasury Laws Amendment (Banking Executive Accountability and Related ...

On the road to normal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2017
Unless North Korean tensions escalate beyond the "missile testing" tit-for-tat, it'll be the Fed that will occupy financial market consciousness this week. The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) will start their two-day deliberations on monetary policy ...

TAL equips advisers with cancer education

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 SEP 2017
TAL is helping financial advisers to support cancer patients and better understand their conditions with the launch of an education course. TAL's continuous education arm, Risk Academy, will run the on-demand webinar course aiming to equip advisers ...

Group insurance premium arrangements unclear: ISWG

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2017
The lack of understanding and poor transparency around premium adjustment mechanisms have emerged as major concerns in the latest Insurance in Superannuation Working Group discussion paper. Greater disclosure on premium adjustment mechanisms should ...

Future Fund expected to grow to $200bn

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2017
The Future Fund expects to grow to more than $200 billion over the next decade, enough to cover all unfunded superannuation liabilities of the Commonwealth though the whole of this century. Results for 2016-17 released this morning show the $133 billion ...

DomaCom to ease issue of retirement funding

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2017
Fractional property investment platform DomaCom has signaled a move into reverse mortgage lending, confirming it is developing a senior equity release product to be available before 2018. In its quarterly update DomaCom outlined its plans for a senior ...

Not showing: inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 JUL 2017
RBA deputy governor Guy Debelle snuffed hawkish interpretations of the minutes of the 4 July RBA meeting - particularly, the minutes' reference to a 3.5% neutral cash rate - reversing the Australian dollar's upward run. "...the current (nominal) cash ...

Is the Fed the victim of its own success?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 JUL 2017
"It is worth remembering that it can take 18 to 24 months for a monetary policy action to have its full effect on inflation. This means that central banks must target future inflation by anticipating future deviations from target." These were the words ...

Wealth firm lists on ASX with $7.3m IPO

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUN 2017
A wealth management and chartered accountancy firm is about to list on the ASX following an initial public offering of 7.3 million shares at $1 per share. Kelly+Partners (ASX: KPG) was established in 2006, currently operates 12 offices in Sydney and ...