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Advice affordability a growing concern

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2019
Latest research from Investment Trends shows financial advisers are becoming increasingly concerned with how to provide affordable advice. Investment Trends' 2019 Planner Technology Report revealed more advisers are struggling to provide affordable ...

Chief economist update: RBA justified to cut rates or not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2019
There's no question about it, for sure and for certain the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will cut interest rates again. RBA governor Philip Lowe told us so when he addressed the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) event in Adelaide ...

MySuper eyes SMSF stronghold

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2019
MySuper could soon surpass self-managed super funds as the preferred retirement savings vehicle for Australians, a new Rainmaker report shows. Using the latest APRA data, Rainmaker's MySuper Report found the MySuper asset pool hit $713 billion at ...

Genetic tests no barrier to life insurance

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2019
A moratorium on genetic testing in the life insurance industry means that Australians can get up to half a million dollars of life cover without disclosing genetic tests. The Financial Services Council approved a moratorium on genetic tests in life ...

Chief economist update: Expect an RBNZ rate cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2019
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) did as it was expected - it kept the official cash rate unchanged at a record low 1.5% at the conclusion of its June 26 meeting. Understandably, another interest rate reduction only a month after it handed out ...

OnePath awards $210m in mandates

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2019
OnePath awarded about $210 million in two separate mandates that were previously managed by UBS Asset Management. In December, UBS AM said it was transferring some of its investment management functions to external managers under new partnerships. Melbourne-based ...

Group life premiums topple benefits paid: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2019
The amount of premiums group insurers charge have outweighed benefit payments by a whopping $21 billion over the last five years, Rainmaker analysis reveals. Using APRA data of industry and retail superannuation funds and their respective life insurers ...

Chief economist update: ECB to leave no policy tool unturned

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2019
When the European Central Bank (ECB) concluded its Governing Council meeting on the June 6, not only had it announced to keep monetary policy settings unchanged - repo at 0.00%; marginal lending facility at 0.25%; deposit facility at -0.4% - but it ...

Vanguard lowers fees

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2019
Vanguard announced it will lower fees on a number of its most popular funds and ETFs from the start of July. The fee reductions include the Vanguard Australian Shares Index Fund, which is one of Vanguard's largest funds with more than $15 billion ...

Parametric bolsters leadership

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2019
... delighted to expand our research and development capabilities with the addition of experienced investment professionals." "Ben Davis is expanding our leadership in custom indexing, factor-based investing and systematic alpha strategies. His extensive ...