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Idle technology leaves super fund members behind

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
As superannuation funds grapple with digital advancement, their young membership base become further disconnected from the wealth and super system, according to a Zuper co-founder. Chief product officer and co-founder Jon Holloway told yesterday's ...

Chief economist update: Super Mario keeps his cool

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
The European Central Bank's (ECB) October 25 Governing Council meeting concluded with a decision that markets widely expected. The ECB left interest rates unchanged - the benchmark refinancing rate at 0%, the marginal lending facility rate at 0.25% ...

The rise of challenger banks in Australia: SIBOS

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2018
Challenger banks :86400, volt and xinja mount plans to disrupt the banking oligopoly in Australia. Speaking at the SIBOS Conference held in Sydney this week, senior heads at the three challenger banks spoke about how changing customer needs, fintech ...

Life insurer early intervention reforms dumped

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2018
Life insurance reforms proposed to provide better rehabilitation and early intervention treatment have been scrapped by the Federal Government. In response to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services' report released ...

Unpaid super penalties too light: ISA

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2018
Industry Super Australia suggests the Australian Taxation Office's approach to unpaid superannuation is becoming a moral hazard whereby employers think they can escape penalty. Testimony from the ATO at the Senate Estimates committee for economics this ...

Private equity will become bigger than hedge funds: Research

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018
Private equity is poised to overtake hedge funds, becoming the largest asset class in alternatives in the next five years, according to new Preqin research. Preqin predicts assets in alternative investments will hit $19 trillion by 2023, up from $12 ...

Challenger expands distribution reach

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018
Challenger is ramping up its distribution capabilities by launching its annuities on a fifth platform. Challenger fixed-term and lifetime annuities will launch on the netwealth platform. It follows an announcement in August that saw products made available ...

Billionaire investor says markets in late cycle but anything possible

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2018
Oaktree Capital Management cofounder Howard Marks says the current bull market is in a late stage but it could still go "up, sideways or down." Marks's firm has more than US$120 billion in assets under management. He addressed a media briefing in ...

Perpetual partners with Microsoft

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2018
Perpetual's corporate trust business has launched a data analytics platform for banks and investors to analyse portfolio performance against Australia's $200 billion mortgage market. The Perpetual Business Intelligence Platform includes a newly-launched ...

Advice dealer group takes out governance award

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2018
One of IOOF's newly-acquired dealer groups was recognised in the Governance, Risk and Compliance Institute's annual awards. Elders Financial Planning took home the Team of the Year Award at a function hosted in Sydney. Elders Financial Planning general ...