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New degree tackles adviser education standards

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2018
... developed following extensive consultation with industry, and is structured to enable students to combine full-time work and study. Every subject will be delivered in block mode over two non-consecutive weekends, consolidated by an additional online ...

Zurich partners for future of work and insurance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2018
Zurich has entered a three-year study partnership with Oxford University to develop a means of ensuring workers are effectively protected and supported in an increasingly fragmented labour market. Working with the Smith School of Enterprise and the ...

Aussie funds among the world's largest asset owners

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2018
... Nine Australian funds, including four superannuation funds, have ranked among the world's largest asset owners in a new study. The inaugural Asset Owner 100 study from Willis Towers Watson's Thinking Ahead Institute looked at the world's ...

Cybercrime protection inadequate: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2018
... 13% are confident with the cybersecurity measures they have undertaken to protect their data and valuable information. A study from Dimension Data shows 13% of Australia's financial services organisations fell victim to cyberattacks in 2017. The ...

Enforceable undertakings are effective: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
... Commission, new research finds the majority of enforceable undertakings deter future misconduct. This is according to a joint study conducted by ASIC and the University of NSW, which shows financial services firms prefer EUs over harsher sanctions such ...

Digital advice engagement spikes for super members

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2018
... online advice technology to engage with their fund, the latest report from Decimal shows. Decimal's annual digital insights study found in the year to June 2018, the number of requests from superannuation fund members for live adviser support has doubled. ...

Australian retirement system weakens

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2018
... country may have scored highly for adequacy, their sustainability score may have been quite low and vice versa. Author of the study and senior partner at Mercer Australia, David Knox, said striking the right balance is of the utmost importance in creating ...

Chief economist update: China's slowing fast

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2018
When the going gets tough, China's authorities get going. Fresh data that showed the Chinese economy slowed to 6.5% in the year to the September quarter shouldn't have generated big concerns - despite headlines that it is the slowest growth ...

SMSFs most affordable: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2018
... superannuation vehicles, charging an average total expense ratio of 0.82%, latest Rainmaker Research shows. The 2018 Rainmaker Fee Study, which analysed more than 2500 fee options offered through 550 super products, found the average cost of running ...

Advisers: Keep your clients off A Current Affair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
... Brian Parker told delegates at the AFA National Adviser Conference their role is to ensure their clients don't end up a case study for A Current Affair. Ending his presentation on the state of the global economy this week, Parker told delegates he hopes ...