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Adviser sentiment turns corner

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
The negativity around life insurance adviser sentiment is starting to turn a corner, according to new research from Zurich. Adviser sentiment improved marginally from 4.1 points in December 2015 to 4.2 points in February 2017, according to the Risk ...

Wingate strengthens team

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 6 APR 2017
... head of distribution, investment specialist with Antares Equities. The earlier part of his career was spent in senior research and consulting positions with Lonsec, Willis Towers Watson and Mercer. Earlier this year, private health insurer Australian ...

MAX Awards launch Financial Literacy Campaign of the Year

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 6 APR 2017
... of financial literacy as part of the national agenda. "Informed decision-making is at the cornerstone of our data and research driven business. We've recognised early on the immense power of gaining access to the right information to make the right decisions," ...

Financial Standard wins prestigious award

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 6 APR 2017
... the winners based on criteria that included analysis and understanding of the issue, introduction of new ideas, use of research and interviews, originality in thinking and impact. This year's judges were: Yasmin Allen Non-Executive Director, ASX Cathie ...

Too much ado about Fed reinvesting nothing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 APR 2017
"Do you really want to hurt me Do you really want to make me cry..." - Culture Club It began like just another ordinary day on Wall Street but last night it was one with an upward bias despite geo-political tremors - chemical attack in Syria and nuclear ...

SSGA expands active managed funds business

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2017
... business development analyst. The new additions bring the total active managed funds team to nine, including a head of research house relations, marketing manager and national sales associate. "We're still a relatively new business, and we've employed ...

Super insurance maintains active pricing: Research

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2017
... About one-fifth of superannuation funds changed insurance rates or cover in the final quarter of 2016, latest Rainmaker research shows. The just-released Superannuation Benchmarking Report details how these super funds changed insurance rates or cover ...

Brexit-proof?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2017
A small dip in the Markit/CIPS UK manufacturing PMI to 54.2 in March from 54.5 in the previous month provides further evidence of the economy's resilience to Brexit uncertainty. The latest reading might be the lowest level in four months but it's also ...

Japanese businesses have sunnier mood

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2017
The Bank of Japan's (BOJ) Tankan survey showed that the large manufacturers' sentiment index increased to a reading of plus 12 in the March quarter from the December quarter's plus 10 reading. While this is lower than market expectations for an increase ...

China manufacturing expansion gains and slows

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2017
China's official manufacturing PMI measure showed the index improving for the second straight month to 51.8 in March and the eight consecutive month that the index had been above the 50 expansion/contraction line. This is better than market expectations ...