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Tech industry opens niche markets for advisers

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2017
... mining, printing, agriculture, construction and healthcare industries. According to the report, the first wave of digital disruption happened in 'knowledge jobs' but the next wave will impact 'muscle power jobs'. For example, we could see truck drivers ...

AMP continues goals-based advice focus

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2017
... focused on realising our potential while adapting to an increasingly competitive market place and technology-driven disruption." "We will help more Australians get more advice, more often, through our transformed goals-based operating system." Other ...

Insurtech here to stay: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2017
... consulting firm Oliver Wyman and German insurance startup Policen Direkt shows the second wave of insurance technology disruption will have the potential to "truly change the way insurers cover risk." The research, which included more than 1000 global ...

Government fintech agenda spotlights microbanking

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
The Federal Government will open the doors to disruption in the banking sector as part of changes to its revised fintech investment agenda. The 2017-18 Budget includes provisions for newer entrants into the banking industry, including the relaxing the ...

Which part of the elephant are you holding?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2017
Like the story of the blind man and an elephant, interpretations are often derived from which part of the animal you touched. Such is the case with the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) elephant - the latest update on Australia's "International ...

Fearless forecasting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2017
... external force - it's ruled by investor psychology and it's ever changing moods which is triggered - or causes - a disruption in the economic and market dynamics' steady state.

Of war, rate hikes and balance sheets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 APR 2017
... the Northeast - and should be reversed in the following month. What's definitely positive (and notwithstanding the disruption from Stella), the unemployment rate dropped from 4.7% to 4.5% in March - the lowest level since the height of the economic expansion ...

Global SMA rated superior

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2017
... awarded four out of a possible five stars by the research house, with the rating also applying to the firm's Global Disruption Fund. In its review, SQM noted Loftus Peak's likelihood to outperform its peers and benchmark based on the SMA's track record ...

Westpac minimises disruption with disruption

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2017
Appealing to the younger members of its customer base, Westpac launched an innovative tool enabling access to its online banking features via social messaging apps and SMS. The bank introduced the Westpac Keyboard, a new iOS keyboard, which allows customers ...

Life insurance ripe for disruption

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2017
Unprecedented challenges in the life insurance industry are exacerbating profitably and forcing some players out of the market, the latest PwC report shows. Customer demographics, ongoing trust issues, heightened regulation, foreign entrants, technology ...