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Fiduciary rule introduced in United States

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2017
Financial advisers in the United States are now required to act in the best interests of clients in a bid to prevent the US$17 billion lost by retirement savers each year. Last Friday, the US Department of Labor partially introduced the impartial conduct ...

Distribution reshapes globalisation: Capital Group

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2017
... create. Using social media as an example, the portfolio manager highlights how Facebook has created a community or population which is on the scale of some of the largest countries in the world. "Yet these [social media] companies are still at an early ...

Advice industry must not rest on laurels: Diamantidis

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2017
... Financial Services' Peita Diamantidis believes the financial advice industry is failing for having only engaged 20% of the population, saying that no other industry would accept such a statistic. "If you think about it, in any other industry 20% traction ...

Asset management looks different in 2020: Research

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2017
Asset management will experience its "largest competitive realignment" over the next three years as the industry continues its increasing rate of mergers and acquisitions. Forty-four M&A deals took place in the first quarter of this year, and an industry ...

AMP continues goals-based advice focus

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2017
... superannuation system, a growing banking market and the structural increase in demand for investment yield as the world's population ages." "The strategy is focused on realising our potential while adapting to an increasingly competitive market place ...

Insurance counteracting ageing population risks

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2017
Governments increasingly withdrawing support for retirees and ageing populations is a worrying global trend, but presents an emerging opportunity for the insurance industry to fill the gap, new research from reinsurer Swiss Re shows. The 'ageing wallet' ...

Global infrastructure need deepens profit opportunity

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2017
Chronic underspending in infrastructure and consistent population growth has resulted in a dire need for investment portfolios to fund the provision of essential services to communities. Speaking at a Bennelong adviser event in Sydney last week, 4D ...

Water investing makes a splash

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2017
... chief executive Jonathan McKeown, investment in water infrastructure is vital, especially with Australia's growing population and extreme weather conditions. He's seeing strong interest from investors looking for opportunities within a regulated market ...

Asia-Pacific needs more retirement income specialists: Milliman

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... noted. In particular, more than 60% of companies surveyed felt financial advice is required by the majority of the population, but importantly, they did not feel as if advice should be reserved for net worth customers only. Currently, less than 20% of ...

Sharing economy to reshape global real estate

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2017
... just the millennials, the baby boomers are making their preferences felt as well. According to research, 70% of the population in developed countries will live in cities by 2050. Baby boomers, unlike their predecessors, are drawn to the conveniences ...