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Life insurance ripe for disruption

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2017
Unprecedented challenges in the life insurance industry are exacerbating profitably and forcing some players out of the market, the latest PwC report shows. Customer demographics, ongoing trust issues, heightened regulation, foreign entrants, technology ...

Future retirement products aided by tax exclusions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2017
The Federal Government's latest development of regulation for new retirement income streams is now open for public consultation. Adding to the existing draft legislation, the government has proposed that superannuation funds and insurance companies ...

Adviser contravenes FoFA obligations

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 20 MAR 2017
A Melbourne based financial advice provider is to appear in the Federal Court of Australia for alleged contraventions of the Future of Financial Advice obligations. Following an ASIC investigation, Wealth and Risk Management (WRM), and its related companies ...

Gen Y prefers liquid investments: KPMG

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2017
Generation Y professionals favour short-term investments with only 12% investing in products such as managed funds and ETFs. This is a key finding of KPMG's Banking on the Future 2017 report which shows Gen Y prefers liquid investments that can easily ...

Netwealth backing financial literacy in schools

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2017
Leading platform provider netwealth launched a financial literacy campaign this week, looking to bring financial education to the classroom through an interactive tool aligned with existing school curriculums. Banqer, designed by a New Zealand start-up ...

NAB pushes planning career path

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2017
NAB Financial Planning will support the future of Australia's financial planning industry through a new university scholarship program and a commitment to academic research funding. Four Australian universities will participate in the NAB Future Planners ...

Past Morgan Stanley adviser hit with permanent ban

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2017
A former Morgan Stanley Wealth Management adviser was permanently banned for failing to act in the best interests of clients and providing inappropriate advice. Employed by Morgan Stanley between January 2013 and May 2015, Andrew Peter Panayiotides ...

Soul Pattinson pockets Hunter Hall via Pengana merger

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017
After NAB sold its significant stake in Pengana Capital to Washington H. Soul Pattinson earlier this week, Pengana and Hunter Hall are set to merge, bringing the future of Hunter Hall's current investment team into question. Assuming shareholder approval ...

Financial Executive Women appoints board members

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017
Financial Executive Women is welcoming two new members to its advisory board to further help the positive progression of women in financial services. Joining the advisory board is AMP chief customer officer Paul Sainsbury and NAB general manager MLC ...

ETFs are coming-of-age

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017
It took Australian exchange traded funds 10 years to reach $15 billion in assets under management, but only two to reach $25 billion. With the industry projected to hit $30 to 33 billion in assets under management, alongside a stream of new products ...