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Climate change to impact returns: Mercer

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015

Greece's bundle of debt

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015
... Quoting Ashoka Mody -- a former IMF bail-out chief in Europe - 'The Telegraph' writes: "Syriza should recruit the IMF's research department to be their spokesman because they are saying almost exactly the same thing. The entire strategy of the creditors ...

Don't rage against the machine

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2015
Financial services professionals must embrace robo advice rather than fear it, according to industry research veteran Maggie Callinan. In her presentation at the recent MAX Forum in Sydney, former senior manager of investment research at Perpetual Private ...

TAL Risk Academy receiving "record" applications

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2015
... advisers to provide consumers with invaluable life insurance products and service." He added: "A recent CoreData Risk Research study found that more than two thirds of advisers intend to embark on further professional development, so we knew there was ...

Marketing could double financial services revenue

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2015
... you're within ten metres of each other, you're probably not going to communicate," he said. According to Strohkorb's research, 81.5% of companies that reported a decrease in revenue over the past 12 months had separate sales and marketing divisions. ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2015
... equity markets and prompted a strong rally for the euro which surged above 1.1250 against the US dollar," said Sucden Research Analyst Myrto Sokou. The ECB launched its bond-buying stimulus program in March to fight falling prices in the eurozone, and ...

Super delivers 12.2% for year end April

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015
... fund returns is based on performance data from 82 Workplace products. SelectingSuper is part of the Rainmaker group. The research group noted that the strength of super fund returns is best illustrated by how in the past 28 months rolling 12 month returns ...

Property bubble debate heats up

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
... Sydney and Melbourne, where Chinese demand accounted for 23% and 20% of the new supply, the report said. Lombard Street Research attributed Chinese interest in the Australian market to the falling Australian dollar: "The currency angle is often underestimated." ...

BTIS makes two senior hires

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
... appointments to its leadership team. CBA head of Australian investment strategy Tim Rocks will join as head of market research and strategy. Aside from his main responsibilities, Rocks will also help structure broader market research, manage the research ...

Super reforms to hurt retirees

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
... have an expectation that the age pension shouldn't be for the wealthy." At the same time, Industry Super Australia (ISA) research indicates that the pension changes, in conjunction with existing super tax concession arrangements and the freezing of the ...