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Life insurance ripe for disruption

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2017
... the market dynamic could be shifting towards a greater emphasis on competitive pricing and increased customer churn," it notes.

ACBC partners with Praemium

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAR 2017
... investment-grade corporate bonds through exchange traded bond units (XTBs) on the ASX, and excludes hybrids and subordinated notes with callable features, will be available to financial advisers via the Praemium SMA platform. XTB portfolio manager Ian ...

Human Super pitches product designed for women

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAR 2017
... oligopoly of players. Like the 'uberisation' of the taxi world - we're seeing that customers want something different." Tymula notes that he and his wife are still receiving paper superannuation statements which get sent "straight to the shredder." "This ...

In search of that elusive Australian animal spirit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2017
... optimism in the global economy. But the ABS's estimates of "expected expenditure" are hardly encouraging. The ABS publication notes: "Estimate 5 for 2016-17 is $112,155m. This is 9.0% lower than Estimate 5 for 2015-16. Estimate 5 is 4.6% higher than ...

Fintech investment needs balance: APRA

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2017
... interaction between financial technology and securities market regulation. The IOSCO Research Report on Financial Technology notes several risks associated with fintech, including the rise of unlicensed cross-board activity, programming errors in algorithms ...

Couples can benefit more than singles in SMSFs

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2017
... to four members. A large proportion of funds with two members are expected to be couples. Super Concepts' Philip La Greca notes that these benefits are not just for those aged 50 and over, but can benefit younger couples too. Speaking to Financial Standard ...

CPA creates planner education solution

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2017
... technical services, advice and education Giovanni Munoz said that he welcomes the creation of the fundamentals program, but notes that from January 2024, all advisers will be required to reach degree equivalent status and to pass the new exam requirement ...

Robo-advice needs monitoring: IOSCO

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 DEC 2016
... monitoring to assist regulators in understanding its impact on the provision of investment advice to retail clients. The report notes ASIC's launch of a Robo-advice Task Force - the objective of which is to informally identify firms offering automated ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2016
... money and corruption in the country. While the RBI acknowledged that the withdrawal of the old rupee 500 and rupee1,000 notes could result in a transitory easing in the country's inflation, it's concerned that "With the OPEC's agreement to cut production ...

Robo is the adviser's new best friend

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2016
... of their investment." Parkin agrees there will always be a place and preference for traditional financial advisers, but notes robo has the ability to become the adviser's best friend through its ability to attract new clients and help those clients better ...