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Instos turn to smart beta in low-return world: SSGA

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016
Institutional investors worldwide are turning to objective and factor-based investment approaches, such as smart beta, to meet their investment goals given the global low interest rate environment. This is one of the findings of State Street Global ...

Narev defends CommInsure record, wrote to five customers

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2016
CBA chief executive Ian Narev has defended his company's life insurance arm in a letter to Senator Chris Ketter, noting he wrote to five affected customers recently. Referencing CBA's submission to the Senate Economics References Committee's Scrutiny ...

Paradigm appoints head of operations

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2016
Paradigm Group has appointed a new head of operations. Carsten Zuber joins Paradigm from Industry Fund Services, where he was the group's project manager. Prior to that, he was manager, wealth protection, then advice manager, at QInvest. Commenting ...

Australians short-changing themselves with cash bias

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 26 APR 2016
Too many Australians are prioritising term deposits and high interest savings accounts over superannuation, according to the BT Australian Financial Health Index. The survey revealed that 40% of respondents preferred cash-type investments, followed ...

InterPrac appoints advice manager from Capstone

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 26 APR 2016
InterPrac Financial Planning has appointed a national advice manager. Rae Stagbouer joins Interprac from Capstone Financial Planning, where she was a professional standards officer. Commenting on her appointment, she said: "This is an exciting time ...

Gen X and Y not looking to robo advice

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2016
The majority (80%) of generation X and Y would prefer face to face advice over robo advice but are only willing to pay a maximum of $250 to receive it, according to new research from ING Direct. The research reveals that adaptation will be central for ...

All super funds should have independent chair: research

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2016
New research shows superannuation executives are still divided over views on board independence yet academics persist all funds be required to appoint an independent chair. Following its initial paper on the contentious issue, the Centre for International ...

ASIC user-pay model "eminently sensible": SEC veteran

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2016
Adopting the industry funding model for ASIC will result in a much more efficient and less politically-motivated regulator, according to former assistant director of the division of enforcement at the US Securities and Exchange Commission Jordan Thomas. ...

JBWere and Moelis forge new research and distribution alliance

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016
JBWere and Moelis Australia have joined forces to create a new strategic research and distribution alliance. The non-exclusive arrangement will allow JBWere's Australian clients to access a broader range of equity deals and initial public offerings. ...

Banking inquiry cost better spent on ASIC: AFA

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016
The money needed to hold a royal commission into banking would be better spent on supporting ASIC, according to the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA). Speaking at a media briefing in Sydney, AFA chief executive officer Brad Fox said there were ...