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Pension phase SMSFs prefer Aussie equities

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2018
Self-managed superannuation fund members in the pension phase are demonstrating a stronger preference for domestic equities than their accumulation phase counterparts. Recent analysis from Class shows SMSFs in pension phase are, on average, allocating ...

Wells Fargo opens up on pay gaps

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2018
Wells Fargo has become the third major US bank to take action on gender and ethnicity pay gaps. Responding to shareholder pressure the bank released the findings of its most recent pay equity study. It showed women working for Wells Fargo in the US ...

CBA embroiled in rate-rigging allegations

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2018
... a string of scandals that will test newly minted chief executive Matt Comyn's leadership, which include anti-money and counter-terrorism law breaches, and shareholder class action alleging it failed continuous disclosure obligations. ASIC commenced similar ...

Group insurance dominates life insurance channels: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2018
... one-in-three (32%) used a financial planner to obtain life insurance cover, while only a few used a broker. The results counter conflicting reports from two different surveys released this month, which found online and telephone sales were the most popular ...

Lack of advice costing women in retirement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2018
Financial advisers must work closely with female clients to devise strategies to safeguard their retirement savings in the event of a career break. Insight from a recent REST Industry Super survey shows career breaks are costing women at least $160,000 ...

Netwealth signals managed account growth, business upgrades

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018
... netwealth also expanded the investment products available to wholesale investors to include the ability to purchase over-the-counter (OTC) bonds. Netwealth joint managing director Matt Heine said: "We are really pleased with our continued growth which ...

High valuations drive insto investors to alternatives: BlackRock

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018
... they slowly become the norm for institutional investors seeking differentiated sources of return, inflation hedging and counter-cyclical investments," he said.

Global online trading firm rolls out bitcoin derivatives in Australia

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2018
... retail and institutional investors. The GAIN Capital service will allow investors to trade bitcoin as either an over-the-counter (OTC) derivative or as a future, allowing speculation on the value of the cryptocurrency without owning the asset itself. ...

Chief economist update: Bond sell bomb shell

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2018
... mere sluggishness in inflation is a positive for the bond market. There's that. And then there's also the central bank's counter-measures should bond yields continue to rise amid low inflation - knowing that it had worked in the past, central banks would ...

Global fintech firm to launch in APAC

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JAN 2018
... liquidity and trade lifecycle services for both the buy-side and sell-side, inter-dealer brokers, listed and over-the-counter liquidity venues, market data vendors and settlement firms. "With greater collaboration and mobility among front, middle and ...