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Millennials getting personal with ANZ robo-adviser

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2016
Millennials were more interested in asking ANZ's IBM Watson-powered robo-adviser whether it was married to Siri than getting insurance information, according to ANZ Group Innovation channel development manager Jeanette Cheah. Speaking on a panel at ...

Super fund CEO not seeking reappointment

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2016
... The fund has about 290,000 members including both current and former WA public sector employees. The fund's operational scope includes investment management and administration of its defined benefit, accumulation and retirement schemes.

NZ Super seeks factor investing strategies

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2016
... a range of investment exposures, including: macro themes such as demographics around emerging Asia and clean green food; scope for adding value through active management; and improving portfolio diversification. "We are conscious of the key risks to ...

Brexit - the Australian connection

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2016
... quantitative easing. Other central banks would follow if only to keep their exchange rates competitive. Lucky the RBA still has scope to cut interest rates should it become necessary to fight back.

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2016
... continue to keep South Korean consumer price inflation at very low levels. This should give the Bank of Korea (BOK) further scope to ease monetary. Earlier this month, the BOK unexpectedly cut interest rates to a new record low of 1.25% from 1.50%. Apart ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2016
... transport. Likewise, core inflation decelerated from 2.3 to 2.1% in May. Easing inflation should give Bank Negara Malaysia scope for easier monetary policy in light of the country's slowing economic growth. The Malaysian central bank has kept interest ...

Advisers see value in degree

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2016
... consumers in seeking financial advice. Close to three in four (74.3%) believe that a 24-subject bachelor's degree with a broad scope of financial planning will be the most effective at professionalising the financial planning profession, in comparison ...

Advisers must adapt to millennial habits

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2016
As the largest global demographic group and number one source of global income advisers must adapt their practices to meet the growing demands of millennials, according to Rocky Scopelliti, global industry executive - banking, finance and insurance ...

Super needs to pick up its retirement game

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2016
Australia's superannuation industry has scope to become the world's best system once it tackles how to invest in retirement by avoiding sequencing risk. This was one of the key views presented by BT general manager superannuation Melinda Howes at a ...

Credit ratings agencies sign PRI statement

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016
... analysis," Reynolds said. The credit ratings agencies taking part in the initiative include S&P Global Ratings, Moody's, Dagong, Scope, RAM Ratings and Liberum Ratings. Managing director and head of environmental and climate risk research at S&P Global ...