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Advice M&A deals boom after years of stagnation

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015
Mergers and acquisitions of advice practices are happening at an unprecedented level due to excellent market conditions, according to Forte Asset Management director Steven Prendeville. Speaking at a panel session of the FPA Congress titled 'How to ...

ASIC sets up special robo-advice taskforce

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2015
... confidence in the advice they receive." More broadly, ASIC has identified the key challenges of what it calls "digital disruption." They are: market place lending, robo-advice, crowd-sourced equity funding, digital currencies, blockchain and cyber resilience. ...

Life Insurance Framework fear fading

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2015
... agreed. Speaking to Financial Standard at the conference, she observed that "we're so focused on discussions about disruption and change that we aren't really talking about advice anymore." This, she argued, was one of the reasons why sales of insurance ...

HESTA chief advocates better tax reform

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2015
HESTA chief executive Debby Blakey said her fund members would not benefit from seeing a lift on the $30,000 tax cap for concessional superannuation contributions for women returning to work. It is a measure being considered by the federal government ...

Treasurer open to all ideas on super

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2015
Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison has not ruled out an idea of lifting the tax cap on superannuation contributions for women returning to work so they can "top up" their super. The tax cap lift would also apply to carers and other people who face lengthy ...

Fingerprint offered as bank password alternative

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2015
... underscores the major transformation that is due to take place in the financial services industry as new technologies drive disruption of existing norms. ING DIRECT head of digital Janelle McGuinness said, "In the past 12 months, the number of customer ...

Mercer appoints independent director

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2015
... today's business environment, particularly superannuation." "The superannuation industry is facing fierce competition and disruption. Mercer is investing significantly to enhance the customer experience capability of our super fund clients to help them ...

New IAG boss signals digital disruption focus

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2015
IAG has set out to embrace digital disruption in naming the person to replace the retiring Mike Wilkins as managing director and chief executive. Peter Harmer will take over the role on 16 November 2015, though Wilkins, who led the business for seven ...

Long-term investment under the spotlight

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015
... to work around the long-term investment of a more controversial industry such as fossil fuels. "Every industry has disruption to some extent. It's not just fossil fuels it can be almost anything - transportation, consumer products, technology, telephony ...

Central banks of the world, coordinate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2015