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Genetics will test life insurance sector

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2017
... benefit their wellbeing." The Actuaries Institute said asymmetry of information and the potential for anti-selection creates major tension between the desire for insurers to be inclusive and indiscriminate toward insurance applicants and the sustainability ...

StatePlus partners for holistic retirement transition

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2017
StatePlus has partnered with a specialist organisation to help mature age workers transition seamlessly and holistically to retirement. The collaboration with Perth-based Life Time Wise, a practice that coaches baby boomers on financial, workforce and ...

First State Super awards global microcaps mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2017
... officer Travis Prentice added: "We are humbled by the interest shown in EAM's strategies in Australia. Not only is Australia a major pensions market in terms of size, but the sophistication of its investors is admirable." "We are delighted to be partnering ...

CBA chair defends executive bonuses

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2017
... Commonwealth Bank chair Catherine Livingstone told the Standing Committee on Economics' third hearing into the Review of the Four Major banks that based on the facts at the time, "we made the right determination." Livingstone defended the bank's "rigorous ...

Jobs galore

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2017
It's a wonderful set of numbers that came just in the nick of time for the estimated 900 workers who'll be finishing at Holden's car manufacturing plant in Adelaide today. For as that door closes, another opens. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) ...

Wills should be reviewed, not refuted: EQT

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2017
... advisers should be working with clients to update their estate plans whenever they experience a significant financial event. Major acquisitions or losses, including inheritance or insurance payouts, business dealings and investments, employment entitlements ...

Beige Book report delivers known knowns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2017
... when I still had a full head of hair, we placed great importance to the Fed's Beige Book report for it was up there with major indicators like employment and inflation that spark major market movements. The US Federal Reserve's description of the "Beige ...

BNP Paribas shuts out non-renewable energy producers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2017
... decided to make environmental issues a central part of their business policy," Bonnafe said. "We are convinced that being a major economic development bank in the 21st century means being an accelerator of the energy transition."

Go ahead BOE, make my day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2017
... when Bank Rate may need to rise...as early as the coming months." But since then, the pound has drifted lower against its major currency counterparts - down by 3.1% to US$1.3169 overnight from US$1.35 after the BOE's September meeting; down by 2% to ...

ABA announces new chair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2017
... look forward to building on his strong legacy of industry reform." Traditionally, the chair position rotates between the major banks' chief executives. While the Commonwealth Bank was next in line, the announcement that Ian Narev would depart in 2018 ...