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Alternative investment manager opens Sydney office

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2017
... team, instead recruiting up to five local staff to cover investor relations, marketing, and sales functions. "Given the nature of the business there is a high component of it which is being able to understand the strategies we do - we need people who ...

ASFA puts gig economy on the agenda

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2017
The rise of the gig economy will have profound effects on the nature of work and challenge the effectiveness of the superannuation system, a leading industry body believes. In a discussion paper released today, the Association of Superannuation Funds ...

Iceberg MDAs driving managed account FUM

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 29 AUG 2017
... managed accounts space is growing faster than ever before with both new and existing participants adding to the dynamic nature of the market. "We haven't yet seen BT Financial Group hit their stride in this space as it is still a developing service for ...

Labor, FSU call for Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 29 AUG 2017
... involved a transfer of funds to overseas accounts," a Moody's report said. Operational and compliance problems of this nature highlight the challenges of maintaining tight controls at large and complex institutions, Moody's added. The entrenched profitability ...

Executives must think beyond the technical

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 AUG 2017
... moving from one technical aspect of a role to another can call for a whole set of skills that's not necessarily technical in nature. Moving from a reinsurance accounting role to managing the development of a reinsurance program she said, by way of example ...

New Zealand advice industry to be overhauled

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2017
... Global law firm DLA Piper described the move as a 'softening' as the exposure draft required a client to 'agree' on the nature and scope of services. "The Bill requires an adviser to take reasonable steps to ensure the client understands the nature and ...

Royal Commission unnecessary: FSC

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2017
... more simple inquiry instead of an expensive and time-consuming vehicle like a Royal Commission." A Royal Commission by its nature looks backward and is not necessary, she said. Loane added the industry has much to be proud of and the introduction of ...

Insurtech is coming and could make insurance obsolete: PwC

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2017
... these technologies work to make our lives and belongings safer, the need for insurance diminishes. With less risk, the nature of insurance will need to change as traditional risk models cease to apply." Spooner added as an industry observation that insurers ...

Real Asset Management embraces SMAs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUL 2017
... Frearson added. "Given the increase in complexity of the structure of ASX-listed bank capital instruments and evolving nature of the listed universe, we believe it makes sense for investors to outsource to proven specialists in this space."

Midwinter recruits to strengthen cyber security strategy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2017
... easy for advisers and accountants to forget about potential threats within their own businesses, given the time-consuming nature of ensuring compliance with ASIC, ATO and government regulation. "Hackers have turned their attention to smaller to medium ...