Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 3441 - 3450 of 9740 results for "Major"

Super funds must do more digitally

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2017
Digital advice is seen as a must by 80% of superannuation funds, yet less than 20% have engaged in or are looking to implement digital advice. A majority of super funds have only begun investing in online strategies in the last three years. New findings ...

Zurich revamps life insurance products

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2017
Zurich is offering "generous" rate reductions and discounts on a number of its life insurance products in a major upgrade since acquiring Macquarie Life. The insurer announced it will reduce rates for term, and total and permanent disablement (TPD) ...

ASIC cancels AFSL, bans former executives and fund managers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2017
The AFSL of an international foreign exchange brokerage service provider was cancelled by ASIC for non-compliance. The Australian arm of Gallop International was found to have repeatedly failed to comply with the conditions of its licence and its obligations ...

Banks charging more for less in super

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2017
... contrast, just 9% was paid to not-for-profit trustee offices. ISA chief executive David Whiteley argued: "It's time the major banks clearly disclose the profits they generate from compulsory super to their customers, shareholders and the general public." ...

MetLife raises bar on group insurance awareness

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2017
Group life insurer MetLife launched a national campaign to ensure every working Australian is aware of built-in life insurance available through superannuation. Group insurance provides a "really good value base form of protection", but far too many ...

Spreads reduced in bond trading facility

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2017
Multi-asset trading and investment specialist Saxo Capital Markets is reducing spreads and increasing execution times for fixed income securities. The move comes six months after the launch of the firm's digital bond trading solution which covers more ...

Asset managers lax in building relationships

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2017
Asset managers are not doing enough to actively engage and create meaningful dialogue with investee companies, an international survey shows. Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF), which has ¥144.8 trillion ($1.7 trillion) in assets, sought ...

Bringing funds management to the masses

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2017
... explaining) the jargon typically used in Australian financial services. It covers the different ways to invest in a fund, the major asset classes, fund managers' responsibilities, the difference between fees and net return and the benefits of diversification. ...

Advice industry must not rest on laurels: Diamantidis

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2017
The financial advice industry has resigned itself to underperforming and allowed the public to relegate financial matters. Caboodle Financial Services' Peita Diamantidis believes the financial advice industry is failing for having only engaged 20% of ...

Concerned HNWs rolling back property exposure

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2017
... selling off the assets and retaining the proceeds as cash rather than reinvesting. In its commentary, Forza noted that while "major mastheads" are currently questioning whether the commercial property market has peaked, Forza observed this trend with ...