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Riding the retirement tidal wave

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2017
A future where people routinely live to 100 has significant implications for society - and more specifically financial planning, according to State Street Global Advisors head of portfolio strategists Asia-Pacific Jonathan Shead. Speaking at the inaugural ...

Bravura inks deal with $4.7bn insurer

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUL 2017
... been given an upgrade with a mandate from one of the UK's largest mutual life insurers. The Scottish Friendly Assurance Society (Scottish Friendly), established in 1862 and with about $4.7 billion in assets under management, will now use Bravura's Sonata ...

Fintechs pose disintermediation threat: CFA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2017
... mobile payments and peer-to-peer lending have the highest potential to disintermediate the financial services industry. CFA Society Sydney president Anthony Serhan said innovation in these areas will likely disrupt financial institutions together with ...

Cameron Hume hires fixed income expert

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2017
... their values via the companies they invest in. Cameron warned the benefits of focusing on ESG issues could well accrue to society at large - but whether people are investing for 'good' or 'gain' will not necessarily promote a result that's the best for ...

TAL intensifies mental health strategy

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2017
... appointment. "Mental health represents the second largest category of claims after cancer and it is a growing theme in society and in our customers' lives. It's important that we have the right expertise to make objective decisions, reflecting evolving ...

KPMG names new national chair

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUN 2017
... utilising my experience to help inform public debate and bridge the current trust deficit between business, politics and society," she said.

ESG mispriced by markets: CFSGAM

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 26 JUN 2017
... considering ESG led to better analyses, and that more than 70% believed climate change would have a "material impact on society." A further 70% believed companies would gain a competitive advantage by developing a strategic response to ESG concerns. ...

CFA Institute shrinks gender parity gap

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2017
... total candidates. The Institute's target of having 30% women in investment management is a "step closer to reality", CFA Society of Sydney president Anthony Serhan said. "There is still much to be done to make sure this uptick in female candidates carries ...

Tech industry opens niche markets for advisers

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2017
... Zuckerberg was a keynote speaker at CeBIT Australia in Sydney last week, the same conference where the Australian Computer Society released the Digital Pulse report with Deloitte. For more on how digital technologies will disrupt the financial planning ...

Australia ranks fifth for financial literacy

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2017
... students were low performers compared to the 22% OECD average. Kell said that as Australia becomes an increasingly cashless society, financial literacy and the ability to operate conceptually around money and financial products will actually be more ...