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Adviser education renews ethics focus

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2017
Financial advisers will see a raft of new courses around ethics and integrity as these issues come to the fore ahead of the code of ethics to be introduced from the industry's new regulatory body. Ramping up efforts in ethics education is a bold move ...

Beware creative debt packaging: Robeco

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2017
In this low volatility environment, it's important not to fall into the trap of chasing yields and creatively packaging debt again - reminiscent of the lead up to the Global Financial Crisis, a fixed income expert says. Robeco Singapore fixed income ...

APRA issues warning to underperforming super funds

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2017
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority is pressing ahead with its aim to remove the superannuation industry of underperforming funds, penning a warning letter to all RSE licensees to shape up or ship out. In the letter APRA deputy chair Helen ...

New ethical advice certification will drive consumer trust

JAMIE WILLIAMSON AND DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2017
... status and financial independence. "The fact that the standard is well above the minimum level of the law is an important signal that professionals worthy of that title must strive for the highest ethical standards, not merely begrudgingly comply with ...

Avoid the ETF trap: Bell Direct

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2017
Online trading platform Bell Direct is warning investors to avoid the "ETF trap", as the move to passive strategies gains substantial pace and inflows reach all-time highs. Bell Direct chief executive Arnie Selvarajah said that for many investors passive ...

Australian businesses lift borrowing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2017
Signaling a reorientation in Australia's credit markets, the RBA Financial Aggregates report for June shows that business borrowing has surged relative to home borrowings even as home borrowing still dominates credit markets. According to the RBA total ...

DomaCom to ease issue of retirement funding

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2017
Fractional property investment platform DomaCom has signaled a move into reverse mortgage lending, confirming it is developing a senior equity release product to be available before 2018. In its quarterly update DomaCom outlined its plans for a senior ...

Flashes: activity expansion and moderating inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2017
While there's a few ups and downs, Markit Economics' fresh batch of flash PMI estimates hasn't altered from the prevailing dynamics in the world's biggest economies of continued expansion in manufacturing and service sector activity and low or easing ...

ANZ Wealth enhances life insurance process

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 JUL 2017
ANZ Wealth launched a life insurance pre-assessment tool that reduces the application waiting time up to 48 hours. The OneCare Pre-Assessment Wizard aims to assist financial advisers understand the potential underwriting outcomes for certain medical ...

MLC Life partners to accelerate underwriting process

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUL 2017
The underwriting process is about to get easier for customers of MLC Life Insurance as the firm becomes the first in Australia to offer UK underwriting rules engine UnderwriteMe. Partnering with the engine's proprietary owner Pacific Life Re, MLC Life ...