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SLI introduces international real estate risk tool

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015
... risk" portion of expected returns from a global real estate portfolio. Standard Life Investments head of real estate research and strategy, Anne Breen, said the level of risk in real estate investment varies enormously from country to country, and the ...

Victoria firm appoints senior investment adviser

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015
... where he was deputy head of domestic sales and director of institutional sales. He was responsible for the delivery of research and investment ideas to Melbourne based equities fund managers. Prior to that role, Smith was the director of Melbourne sales ...

Financial services most at risk from disruption

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2015
... that customers - particularly the millennial generation - are digitally savvy and embrace new entrants," she said. Citi research has also shown that by 2020, 14% of US retail banking revenues will be disrupted, compared with only 1% today. "The choice ...

Life powers Chinese insurance industry

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2015
Life insurance is the primary driver of the rapid growth of China's insurance industry, according to research from credit agency Dagong. Dagong's report showed that life insurance represented 62.7% of gross premiums written at the end of 2014. Similarly ...

Outsourcing is the future of compliance

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015
The wealth management sector will increasingly outsource its administration systems to streamline compliance issues, according to Bravura Solutions Asia Pacific managing director Roland Slee. Speaking at a media briefing in Sydney, Slee said that because ...

The case for super investing in agriculture

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015
... partly reasons for Australian superannuation funds to be investing in the country's agriculture industry. Yet recent research commissioned by BDO and conducted by The University of Queensland Business School showed less than 0.3% of MySuper assets are ...

FSI panellist challenges ASIC register sale

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015
... Professor Kevin Davis has proposed an alternative model for the sale of ASIC's Business Registers. Davis, who is the research director at the Australian Centre for Financial Studies, has released a discussion paper, titled Privatising Public Information ...

Many APLs still block managed account usage

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015
... one third of advisers who use managed accounts. Rainmaker will be presenting the results of its latest managed account research at the Financial Standard Best Practice Managed Accounts Forum, which will be held in Sydney on October 8. Registrations are ...

Aberdeen beefs up local distribution team

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015
... range of experience in Australian financial services, having worked in roles including product development, investment research and management. He has worked for companies including S&P, Challenger, Perpetual, Genesys and PwC. In his new role Hall will ...

Financial services only mildly innovative: research

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015
The Australian financial services industry has painted itself as only mildly innovative according to a study by National Australia Bank (NAB). About 39% of small-to-medium enterprises in finance have suggested there is a culture of innovation among ...