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Retired Aussies make financial decisions alone

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2019
New research shows Australian retirees are not only making financial decisions without professional advice, but in many cases also without the input of their life partners. According to the latest research of global asset manager Franklin Templeton ...

TAL shuffles leadership amid restructure

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2019
TAL has shuffled its executive lineup, creating new roles as part of a wider realignment of the business that sees responsibility for its life insurance business split in two. The life insurer has redesigned its structure, splitting its life insurance ...

FIIG makes first impact investing play

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2019
Specialist fixed income house FIIG Securities partnered with the microfinance arm of World Vision to launch its first impact investing product in Australia. FIIG Securities and VisionFund International launched an impact bond to the Australian market ...

International investors chase Australian real assets

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2019
New research shows Australian real assets are attracting international interest. Perpetual Corporate Trust and Preqin's report, Real Assets Growth in Australia reveals the capital flowing into local infrastructure projects is increasingly global, as ...

High net worths want more: Research

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2019
Australia's high net worth investors are looking for more from their wealth advisers, including broader access to alternatives. The 2019 Powerwrap and Investment Trends HNW Investor Report shows 58% of HNWs have unmet advice needs, an increase of four ...

APRA begins super data transformation efforts

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2019
APRA is embarking on a multi-year project to improve the quality of its superannuation data collection that will pave the way for the proper comparison of super products, with choice super set to come under increased scrutiny. Known as APRA's Superannuation ...

Actuaries develop retiree rule of thumb

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2019
A group of actuaries have answered the calls of retirees looking for a simpler way to determine how much money they should draw out of their savings in retirement, developing a new three-part rule of thumb. The Rule of Thumb Working Group has developed ...

ASIC zeroes in on SMSF auditors

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2019
ASIC has taken action against three SMSF auditors for breaches and deficiencies in their auditing. The corporate regulator disqualified a pair of SMSF auditors and imposed conditions on another, after it found the auditors to be deficient across a range ...

Afterpay slides in global fintech rankings

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2019
Tech-darling Afterpay has suffered a slide in the ranking of the world's leading fintech innovators. The annual KPMG and H2 Ventures FINTECH100 list is a collaboration between the global consulting firm and Sydney-based venture capital investment ...

Sunsuper, QSuper confirm merger talks

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2019
The two industry funds are in talks over a possible merger, one which would see the creation of Australia's largest superannuation fund. Queensland-based industry superannuation funds Sunsuper and QSuper have confirmed they are locked in discussions ...