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Industry fund, IRESS begin automated advice journey

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2018
... general to simple and comprehensive. Truong said the digital advice rollout is meeting a previous advice gap at the fund. "Research has shown that members are increasingly becoming digitally savvy and are enjoying the convenience of planning their retirement ...

What the RC can teach us about trust: Deloitte

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018
One of the big four accounting and professional services firms is seizing the financial services Royal Commission as an opportunity to better understand how trust works in Australian banks. Launching its first trust index for Australia's banking ...

Productivity Commission counters group insurance research

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018
... the Commission said it undertook its own modelling into the fiscal cost and benefits of group insurance that counters research from KPMG and Rice Warner. The paper cited research from KPMG which stated if the current insurance in superannuation system ...

Bravura live on NZ bank

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018
One of New Zealand's oldest banks has appointed Bravura Solutions' Sonata as the core administration platform for 500,000 retail and employer members. ASB Bank's KiwiSaver, retail and group investments business will also use Sonata. More ...

Chief economist update: Shopaholics drive US growth

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018
Spend, spend, spend appears to be this year's overriding mantra of the US consumer. The slow start in the first quarter of 2018 had been replaced by back-to-back quarters of exceptionally strong contributions to overall growth from American household ...

Diversity is the answer to war for talent

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
... careers. They just won't put up with anything else," she said. In the interim, Cooper said that there's still more research to be done on how that future of work is going to look like. "I'm currently working on two projects. One is on young ...

ASIC and Austplan agree to mutual breakup

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
... "SMSFs are not right for everyone. We encourage consumers to think carefully about investing in property and do their research before they set up an SMSF," he said.

Enforceable undertakings are effective: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
Despite receiving a bad rap for being ineffective during the financial services Royal Commission, new research finds the majority of enforceable undertakings deter future misconduct. This is according to a joint study conducted by ASIC and the University ...

Chief economist update: Super Mario keeps his cool

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
The European Central Bank's (ECB) October 25 Governing Council meeting concluded with a decision that markets widely expected. The ECB left interest rates unchanged - the benchmark refinancing rate at 0%, the marginal lending facility rate at 0.25% ...

CFSGAM Aussie equities executive on the move

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2018
... specialists for Asia Pacific, Andy Budden. Reynolds said he had great respect for the firm's long-term focus and commitment to research-driven investment management. "The opportunities to build from Capital Group's global heritage - as investors increasingly ...