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YBR acquires News Corp platform

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016
Yellow Brick Road has acquired News Corp's consumer-direct investment service brightday, which runs on the OneVue platform. YBR's statement said the acquisition forms part of its digital plans which included the release of robo-advice tool Guru in 2015. ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016
... prices. Core inflation - which in Singapore includes food and energy but excludes the costs of accommodation and private road transport - picked up to 0.5% in the year to February - the highest since October last year's 0.6% annual rate - from 0.4% in ...

Tax incentives for early stage investors too narrow: KPMG

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2016
KPMG believes Treasury's policy consultation on tax incentives for early stage investors is unnecessarily restricted and argues unit trusts should also be eligible for the incentives. The firm's submission also raises concerns that investment into innovation ...

ACE forced to pay $1m for poor Combined sales culture

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2016
... policies to ineligible people; and sought coverage for potential injury caused by activities such as professional sports and off-road dirt-bike riding specifically excluded under the policy. The company also admitted to failing to put a framework in ...

YBR chair appoints two chief executives in business revamp

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2016
Yellow Brick Road has appointed two new chief executives ahead of a business and management restructure. Vow Financial chief executive Tim Brown has been appointed chief executive, lending; Yellow Brick Road chief executive Matt Lawler has been appointed ...

Adviser roadshow shines light on modern-day advice

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2016
Financial advisers took home plenty of business tips at an adviser roadshow yesterday - and many of them are refreshingly unconventional. The main function centre of Doltone House, overlooking the waterfront view of Jones Bay Wharf in Sydney, was the ...

Zurich launches LIF support initiative

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2016
Zurich Financial Services Australia is launching a life insurance framework (LIF) support package for financial advisers, via a national roadshow. The 'Blueprints for the Future' comprise five pillars of LIF support, designed to help advisers position ...

New TAL scheme offers discounts for healthy living

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2016
TAL has teamed up with a former British Navy officer and physiologist in launching a new program that offers life insurance discounts for clients with a healthy lifestyle. The launch comes amid a wider industry move to align health and insurance. TAL ...

Support to recycle Queensland assets

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2016
Queensland opposition leader Lawrence Springborg has received support after flagging his Liberal-National Party (LNP) were again open to discussions on asset recycling in the sunshine state. The Chamber of Commerce and Industry Queensland (CCIQ), which ...

Industry fund backs US toll road

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2016
A co-investment in a US toll road will become an industry superannuation fund's second largest infrastructure exposure after Port Botany and Port Kembla in New South Wales. Cbus has announced an investment of $140 million in the Indiana Toll Road (ITR) ...