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Diversification trumping growth: Schroders

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2017
Latest Schroders broker research suggests diversification is overtaking growth as the primary driver of asset allocation strategy. About 50 brokers were surveyed and suggested that establishing a "well-diversified portfolio that will rise in most, but ...

Financial services firms eye machine learning

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2017
Machine learning is transforming the way financial services operates, as a growing number of Australian firms are adopting it to make sense of big data and to improve productivity. According to Bloomberg, more than half (55%) of Australian financial ...

Advisers grapple with client retention: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2017
There is a growing mismatch between the demand for financial advice and the industry's inability to retain clients, latest Investment Trends research warns. Despite a record high of three million Australians intending to use a financial planner over ...

Super needs greater oversight from APRA: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2017
APRA should have greater powers to control and intervene in the superannuation industry, the latest spot poll results shows. More than half (58%) of respondents said APRA should have increased powers to improve board governance and risk management practices ...

Fintech regulatory sandbox draft legislation released

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 OCT 2017
... intelligence, blockchain and the Internet of Things are redefining the nature of financial services. Every Australian respondent already had established a dedicated fintech team; 67% had a clear strategy in place, compared to just 47% globally. Australian ...

BEAR should apply to insurance bosses: Spot poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2017
The Banking and Executive Accountability Regime (BEAR) should be widened to executives of life insurance companies, the latest spot poll results shows. All of the respondents gave a resounding 'yes', with 67% strongly agreeing and 33% agreeing that ...

Industry sentiment mixed: ETF spot poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2017
The industry is ambivalent about the role exchange-traded funds are playing in potentially distorting share prices and causing bubbles, according to Financial Standard's weekly poll. Twenty per cent of respondents strongly agreed the inflow to ETFs ...

Asset managers tested, remain optimistic: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2017
Following years of high profit margins and revenues rising parallel to AUM growth, majority of asset managers remain undeterred about the radical changes sweeping the industry, latest research shows. About 78% of global asset managers canvassed in State ...

Factor-based investment demand strengthens: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2017
Despite their complexity, the demand for factor-based investment products is forecast to accelerate over the next five years, latest research shows. Allocations to factor-based strategies among global institutional and retail portfolios reached 17% ...

Profit margin squeeze

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2017
They might be expanding at a slower rate but they're still expanding. The Australian Industry Group's (AiG) performance of manufacturing and services indices both slowed in September from August but remained above the 50 expansion/contraction line. ...