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Fintechs drive venture capital: KPMG

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020
... grown despite concerns about the pandemic which has seen private equity and mergers and acquisitions activity fall, a new study from KPMG shows. KPMG's latest Pulse of Fintech report reveals venture capital investment in Australian fintech has grown ...

Aussie super funds climb ranks

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2020
... stark contrast to this year, Aussie super funds enjoyed an extremely positive 2019, according to Willis Towers Watson's study of the top 300 pension funds around the world. While total assets globally grew by 8.1%, Australian funds in the survey grew ...

ESG investors overreact to negative news

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020
... environmental, social and governance (ESG) news spur falls in share prices and are better to wait before making trade decisions. The study analysed over 331,000 ESG news events from 2000 to 2019 and concluded that investors should wait up to 90 days ...

Another AMP worker recounts campaign of harassment

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2020
... new career path and on psychological support. "I was driven out of my career, in which I'd invested over a decade of study and experience. I was thrown out of the industry and hung out to dry while the perpetrators not only remained but thrived," ...

Sam Henderson pleads guilty

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2020
... professional biographies and descriptions included the claim that he had a Master of Commerce. Henderson was the subject of a case study on bad financial advice at the Royal Commission and was subsequently banned from providing financial services for ...

Clients value advice during pandemic

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2020
... with their financial planners as COVID-19 tests the resilience of practices, according to Investment Trends. The latest study from the research house surveyed nearly 700 financial advisers in May at the height of the global pandemic and found that while ...

ASIC cracks down on 42 SMSF auditors

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2020
... audits reviewed by an independent SMSF auditor to ensure compliance with standards, as well as having to complete courses of study in audit and fund compliance under the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993. They will also have to sit and pass ...

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 ...