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ASFA disappointed in Royal Commission scope

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) is disappointed the Royal Commission into banks and financial services has included the $2.5 trillion super system. In a statement ASFA said further scrutiny of the sector, which is already ...

Cryptocurrency interest underwhelming: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2017
... the same way the internet was barely understood in 1991 but is now ubiquitous, Dunworth told a netwealth group study. "The scope for opportunity is huge...if someone told you back in 1991 that you could invest in this thing called 'the internet', you ...

Aussie fintech usage surges

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017
... ongoing and timely government regulatory support, including creating an open financial data framework and expanding the scope of Australia's regulatory sandbox, to ensure that fintechs can fully capitalise on consumers' appetite for innovative financial ...

TCorp and Sunsuper buy UK airports

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2017
... adding stakes in two high-quality UK airports. "We believe that investments in the infrastructure sector provide greater scope for value creation through responsible stewardship, governance and proactive management of assets to create value for our members. ...

ASIC adds life insurance to school curriculums

KARREN VERGARA AND JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2017
... Services. There tends to be a focus on educating students on general insurance products such as car insurance, but there is scope to include life insurance - an area that needs greater focus, he said. The objective is to embed financial literacy elements ...

China slows to target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2017
... the first half of this year - that was 6.9%. Note that the government's 2017 growth target is 6.5% suggesting that it has scope to tolerate some more slowing. In fact, Reuters reports that, "economists at Nomura maintained their view that the economy ...

BEAR regime must extend entire industry: Medcraft

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 SEP 2017
... to going after them when they do occur, is a good step in the right direction. It should probably be extended beyond the scope of APRA in the future though, into the areas that ASIC operates in because that's where investors, shareholders and consumers ...

Improved distribution strengthens ClearView result

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2017
... FY16. The ASX-listed group said there is emerging support for products outside the aligned dealer groups and there's further scope to leverage independent financial adviser (IFA) relationships. ClearView's life insurance business recorded an underlying ...

QVG Capital launches inaugural fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2017
... also has the flexibility to hold cash should QVG not be able to find attractive investment opportunities, providing the scope to move quickly when opportunities present themselves.

Wage freeze

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2017
... indexes the term 'bonuses' refers to bonuses and commissions. All employee jobs in the target population of employers are in scope of the WPIs, except the following: - Australian permanent defence force jobs - Non-salaried directors - Proprietors/partners ...