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ESG data creates barrier for Aussie instos

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2017
About three-quarters of Australian institutional investors are incorporating environmental, social and governance factors in investment decisions. This is a key finding in the latest global study from BNP Paribas Securities Services. In a survey of ...

Asset management looks different in 2020: Research

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2017
Asset management will experience its "largest competitive realignment" over the next three years as the industry continues its increasing rate of mergers and acquisitions. Forty-four M&A deals took place in the first quarter of this year, and an industry ...

Insurance giant partners to combine life and health

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2017
One of Australia's largest life insurers is entering a joint venture with a not-for-profit health fund and a financial services provider to launch a new combined life and health insurance brand. AIA Australia is joining forces with health fund GMHBA ...

Financial advice cannot be a quick-fix: Stackpool

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2017
Australians are still perplexed by financial advice and its increased accessibility and affordability through technology - and big data isn't helping. Certainty Advice Group believes making financial advice more affordable, accessible and convenient ...

GROW Super opens for business

ALEX DUNNIN, STEPHEN FAY  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2017
Competition in superannuation is continuing to gather pace with the launch of GROW Super, the latest boutique direct product aimed at millennials. GROW Super is offered through LESF Super in association with Diversa Trustees. What makes this product ...

A one-handed clap for ScoMo's Budget

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2017
Australian Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison must be beaming when the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released the latest update on the country's labour market that showed the unemployment rate dropped from 5.9% in March to 5.7% in April - better ...

Default retirement products not good enough: Milliman

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2017
Superannuation funds that don't get to know members better ahead of designing a Comprehensive Income Product for Retirement are putting themselves at risk of severe reputational damage. That is the view of risk management and retirement experts Milliman ...

Rising yields benefit active managers

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2017
Rising yields combatting inflationary pressures are conducive to active bond managers outperforming passive strategies, according to an expert investment manager. IOOF portfolio manager of fixed income Osvaldo Acosta said in this environment, active ...

Insurance counteracting ageing population risks

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2017
Governments increasingly withdrawing support for retirees and ageing populations is a worrying global trend, but presents an emerging opportunity for the insurance industry to fill the gap, new research from reinsurer Swiss Re shows. The 'ageing wallet' ...

Professional financial advice outpacing self-directed

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2017
An overwhelming number of retail investors are turning to financial advice rather than single-handedly making investment decisions on their own. About half (45%) of 4000 investors are using financial planners purely to help manage financial risks, while ...