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Insurance premiums should be questioned

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2015
A life insurance comparison website says consumers should be questioning premium increases at a time when life insurers continue to make substantial profits. Lifeinsurancedirect.com.au chief executive Russell Cain said top life insurers such as AMP ...

Household is the future of advice

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2015
The future of financial advice will work at the household or family level, according to SS&C head of Australia and New Zealand Nadine Moore. Speaking at the 2015 Financial Standard Best Practice Managed Accounts Forum, Moore observed the growing role ...

NIRP before lift-off?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2015
The FOMC minutes are out! But they didn't add to anything we already know now immediately after the 16-17 September meet: "Most participants continued to anticipate that, based on their assessment of current economic conditions and their outlook for ...

Turnbull backs financial start-ups

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2015
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has advocated more support to Australia's start-up businesses, including fintechs, in line with the federal government's commitment to "an innovative Australia." Helping launch IPO and placements app OnMarket yesterday ...

Tax conversation in a bubble

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2015
Tax accounting firm H&R Block has weighed in on the national tax debate, suggesting there is a danger the conversation is being held in a bubble between "pontificating politicians, policy nerds, lobby groups, academics and media types." H&R Block director ...

Holding pattern

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2015
It could be because of China's one-week hiatus or the Fed's decision to maintain policy settings where they are or the resurgence in equity and commodity markets or all of the above but it seems the times. they're not a-changin'. This, at least, could ...

YBR robo-advice to make Celebrity Apprentice debut

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2015
Yellow Brick Road's robo-advice tool, Guru, will be launched to the public via a Celebrity Apprentice Australia challenge. The Guru "pilot" was unveiled in June, and since then over 50 YBR practices are able to use the service. "Our network has been ...

China puts another one in the bag

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2015
Like the energizer bunny, China keeps on going and going... and going. Certainly, concerns are mounting over the Middle Kingdom's slowing economy in recent months but even the IMF, in its latest World Economic Outlook (WEO) -- released 6 October -- ...

Neuberger Berman appoints global insurance head

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2015
Neuberger Berman has appointed a new global head of insurance solutions. Matthew Malloy joins the firm from J.P. Morgan Asset Management, where he was global head of institutional solutions and advisory. He was also head of the same company's global ...

Nikko downgrades equities stance

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015
Nikko Asset Management has downgraded its house view on global equities from overweight to neutral to reflect stock prices reaching what it believes to be fair value, particularly in the US. The global fund manager has been positive on stocks since ...