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Financial services workers content with pandemic changes

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020
... that the industry has reacted positively to shifts in the industry as a result of the pandemic. The latest Work Different study from experience management software provider Qualtrics revealed that 78% of financial services employees expect to see an ...

Front loaded discounts lead to worse outcomes

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2020
... premium is higher than the least affordable true level premium. Pillemer said: "We recommend the findings of Rice Warner's study to financial advisers and their licensees to assist in providing advice that is in the best long-term interest of the cli ...

Super fees hit record lows: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2020
Fees across all super fund types dropped to record lows last financial year, according to a recent study conducted by Rainmaker. The key finding of a review of 2720 products offered by 169 super funds, super fees came in at a total of $29.6 billion ...

AIST veteran tenders resignation

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020
... now has a global footprint. Under Mannix-White's guidance, the program now includes global conferences and international study tours involving speakers from around the world, as well as a global pension day for Australian and offshore pension funds. ...

Bond investor sues Australian government

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2020
A 23 year old woman is suing the Australian government, claiming climate change risk was not disclosed properly when she invested in exchange traded bonds. Kathleen (Katta) O'Donnell is being represented by Equity Generation Lawyers principal David ...

Sovereign investors keen on gold, infrastructure

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2020
... noted. Central bank reserve portfolio's average allocation to gold inched up from 4.2% in 2019 to 4.8% to March end. The study found nearly half (48%) of the central banks that increased their exposure to gold did so with the view to replacing negative-yielding ...

Chief economist update: China recovery would have been good for Oz

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2020
... Australia's extradition agreement with Hong Kong. Then again, even if Beijing hadn't "advised" its people not to tour and/or study in Australia, the COVID-19 is doing the Politburo's work. According to news.com.au: "It's been estimated ...

Growth outplays value: Frontier

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2020
Growth continued to outperform value according to a new study by Frontier Advisers looking at the performance of fund managers in the final quarter of 20109/20. In a note released to its clients, Frontier reported that growth-focused managers outstripped ...

Statewide overhauls risk management approach

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2020
... support them to make better decisions." Statewide said it focused on findings from the Accenture 2019 Global Risk Management Study, which identified that the rise of technology like AI and automation presents challenges for risk managers. The study ...

Melburnians back in the lockup

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2020
... reasons: to shop for food and essential goods and services; for care or compassionate reasons; exercise outdoors; for work or study - if you can't do it from home. It's a complete turnaround from just a few days and two months before when on ...