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La Trobe gains new ground on aged care

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2017
... offer for the bulk of the bell curve - seniors with either one or two properties but little cash savings. The culprit is the huge financial burden that comes with accessing aged care facility. You either pay a lump sum deposit (called Refundable Accommodation ...

Will 2017 be a mirror image of 2016?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 JAN 2017
... told his audience at the Sohn Investment Conference to "get out of the stock market". All because Trump (and his promised of huge fiscal spending) happened. A lotta folks will still disagree but Trump really deserves to be named Time magazine's "Person ...

Trump protectionism protects not the emerging markets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2016
... equities outperformance has dwindled. So have emerging market bonds. While both developed and emerging bond markets suffered huge losses post-Trump's win, the US dollar's appreciation should mitigate some of the upward pressure on inflation that would ...

Key demographic trends open new doors for advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016
... and can still complete everyday tasks but they shouldn't be in control of their finances. If they're uninsured it places huge pressure on the government, and it's not included in the NDIS," said Inwood. Inwood believes that the advice market could double ...

How to put the sizzle back into finance: Grad Mentor

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2016
Practice principals need to realise that finance is no longer the 'sexy' career prospect it used to be so more needs to be done to attract, develop and retain new recruits. Addressing delegates during the sold-out Professional Practice Workshop at the ...

Saving super from Tinder sex bots

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2016
... the digital world would mean fund members would soon expect some of the same conveniences. "Look at insurance: Geico is a huge insurance company, but if you have car and boat insurance, those products don't talk to each other. It's two completely different ...

Challis Capital wins property mandate

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2016
... up in apartment construction, the banks have also limited or completely stopped funding to this market. This has created huge demand for finance for quality residential apartment projects around the country," he said. "This line of funding will allow ...

EM currencies potential alpha source

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016
... Australian dollar and the same can be said for when they're up, but the differential here is that the Australian dollar is huge in comparison, so Australian investors can buy this asset very cheaply," Osses said. Osses explains that because many others ...

ASIC finds life claim rates wildly inconsistent

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2016
... of claims are paid in the first instance - $8.2 billion was paid out by the industry in the year to June 30 - there were huge variations in claims rates across both individual insurers (none of which were singled out in the report) and policies. As above ...

CBA partners to finance clean energy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2016
... business, reducing their carbon footprint, adding value to their brand and improving their productivity. "In particular, we see huge potential for the transport, agriculture and construction industries to realise major benefits from upgrading to energy ...