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Royal Commission seeks further disclosure over financial misconduct

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2018
... scope this morning in Melbourne. Hayne said he twice asked several banks and superannuation funds to provide responses to a series of questions before today's opening hearing - specifically around the nature, extent and effect of any misconduct over ...

FTSE Russell partners with $7bn super fund to create new indices

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2018
FTSE Russell partnering with a $7 billion fund to roll out a series of indices designed specifically for Australian superannuation funds investing in global equities. The FTSE All-World ex Australia Net Tax (Super) Index Series, created in partnership ...

FTSE Russell launches gender diversity indices

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2018
FTSE Russell has launched a series of indices to meet the growing demand for more transparent environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors in passive investments. The FTSE Women on Boards Leadership Index Series is designed to integrate a company's ...

Venture capital sector booming but needs greater government support

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2018
... of growth has been coupled with an evolution in how investors approach start-up ventures - a shift towards pre and post-series A funding. Price added seed and angel funding are still a vital part of the start-up ecosystem. While the number of deals fell ...

ClearView revamps life insurance platform

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2018
ClearView is rolling out a series of enhancements to its life insurance platform with the aim of increasing efficiencies in advice practices. The company's Adviser Quote Underwritinmg and Apply (AQUA) platform now includes integrated electronic quote ...

FSC finalises life insurance APL guidelines

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017
... included on the APL and how many "off-label" requests are received and approved each year. The standard also contains a series of optional "best practice principles," including having an investment and product committee to assist with external product ...

Adviser group edges on triple digits with new business

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2017
... financial wellbeing. She's always done this and since launching her business she has had many requests to build education series for a number of local businesses," she said. The addition of Marsh brings Madison's total adviser count to 97, with Donat ...

Not all heroes wear capes

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2017
... Avocado-themed chatbot talks to millennials about their duplicate superannuation accounts via Facebook Messenger After asking a series of questions, including 'do you know what superannuation is?' and 'what kind of work do you do?', the bot sends the ...

Superannuation fears regulatory strangle: ASFA

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 NOV 2017
... CFO, is time wasted on spending time on innovation and creativity," Easson said. By way of example, Easson pointed to a series of media reports which broke in the weeks leading up to the conference, which among other things, discussed areas where superannuation ...

Global manager receives makeover

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2017
... discoveries to portfolio strategy." Finally, experts from a variety of different fields will feature in a new Exchange Series to be introduced at Natixis' global investment forum events, discussing investment and other topics. The firm is also working ...