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Australia braces for Amazon impact

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2017
... and where people live. Delivery services are already bogged down by sluggish traffic between sprawling suburbs. This won't blunt Amazon's impact significantly, but it does mean that real game-changers like same-day delivery may have to wait for the widespread ...

Markets prompt adviser asset allocation review: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2017
... Sivakumaran, said a sizeable number of advisers thinking about shifting to more conservative funds could potentially be a blunt approach. Thirty-nine per cent of advisers are considering conservative options; 28% said real return funds look attractive ...

ETFs set to continue dominance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2017
... of the statistic indicates that 29% of those advisers currently not using ETFs are looking to do so. "While surveys are a blunt instrument, it indicates that a large proportion of advisers who are currently sitting on the sidelines are planning to implement ...

A year on from Brexit

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2017
It's been 12 months since the Brexit referendum, and Natixis Global Asset Management says the outlook for Brexit has become even more unclear, with Theresa May's failed election manoeuver further muddying the water. Natixis' chief market strategist ...

Assets mispriced by monetary policy: Nikko

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2017
... deflation even as interest rates appear to have "bottomed out." He said that monetary policy has exhausted its usefulness as a "blunt instrument" and economies will now turn to fiscal policy to stimulate growth. At the moment, though, given global uncertainty ...

Super inefficiencies coming to the fore

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2016
Blunt messages are being sent to the Productivity Commission as it prepares to conduct its comprehensive review of superannuation's competitiveness and efficiency. Responding to the Commission's recent draft measurement framework, the Australian Centre ...

Governance Institute pulls support for super bill

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2015
... governance is in vital need of reform and we support moves to increase the number of independent directors. "However, the blunt club of legislation is not the way to do it." Instead, he proposed to establish a new industry body that would develop guidance ...

FSU secretary and executive reach impasse

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2015
... After all many are the same group of people who actively supported my predecessor in the election," Jordan said. "To be blunt, if we witnessed similar behaviour amongst finance employers we would rightly be taking action - and that's exactly what members ...

SelectingSuper rejects claim small funds should merge

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
... extra resources? Using arbitary fee benchmarks of say 1.3% to challenge a super fund's value proposition is meanwhile a blunt instrument that would impact MySuper products such as some of those offered by AMP, BTFM, Mercer and Perpetual - hardly superannuation ...

AFA tweaking life insurance framework

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2015
... magnitude." Of particular concern to Fox is the three-year clawback period proposed in the framework, which he has described as a "blunt instrument." "Three-year clawback for life insurance business which the adviser replaces themselves appears to be ...

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Australian Retirement Trust people chief to depart

ELIZABETH FRY
Australian Retirement Trust has confirmed the departure of chief people officer Helen Jackson, who will leave at the end of the financial year.

SSGA loses $2.4bn in two months

KARREN VERGARA
State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) suffered $2.4 billion in net outflows over the last two months of 2023, the majority of which hit its Australian and international equities products.

AFCA seeks industry feedback on approaches

ELIZA BAVIN
The financial complaints authority is asking the industry for feedback on how it approaches issues and reaches decisions.

Apex, ACA partner to broaden client services

ANDREW MCKEAN
Apex Group and ACA Group have formed a partnership to offer their clients a wider range of services.

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