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Global advice group becomes investment bank

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2017
... which is based on good governance, pro-business policies, legal expertise and an educated, English and French-speaking population," Green said. He added that given deVere's extensive experience in global financial advice, the group was "best-placed to ...

Australian Unity enters trustee services

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAR 2017
... objective for Australian Unity. There is an increasing need for estate planning and trustee-type services as the Australian population ages and personal circumstances become more complex, for instance with blended families, diseases of ageing such as ...

Netwealth dominating platform sector

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAR 2017
... user needs, while netwealth has begun pre-populating application forms with data from XPLAN. HUB24 also enabled pre-population and integrated with a licensee's internal software, andplans to do the same with other planning software providers. "Having ...

CommInsure cleared of systemic problems

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAR 2017
... performed is sufficient to have reasonably identified any matters that may systemically affect the declined claims population." The review and investigation process took more than 150 people 10 months to complete, involving an electronic review of more ...

Super must continue excellence path: O'Dwyer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2017
... this the legislation will improve the sustainability, flexibility and integrity of the super system overall. "As our population ages and our fiscal pressures increase, it is important that superannuation tax concessions are affordable and well targeted. ...

AMP Capital partners for Irish healthcare assets

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2017
... Irish Infrastructure Fund principal Philip Doyle said. "At a time when demographics are shifting towards an ageing population, we see a real opportunity for private sector investment to play a key role in further developing healthcare in Ireland. "By ...

RBNZ on steady

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2017
... drawing on spare resources. The outlook remains positive, supported by ongoing accommodative monetary policy, strong population growth, increased household spending and rising construction activity."...and "Headline inflation has returned to the target ...

A world of distrust: Edelman

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2017
More than half of Australia's wider population distrusts institutions including government, business, media and non-governmental organisations. Yet more than 50% of Australia's informed public - those aged 25 to 64 who have a college education and are ...

Government repeats fintech focus

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2017
... with the automation of services, highlighting robo-advice and its potential to provide a wider cross-section of the population with financial advice. He told delegates of businesses in Australia that "are beginning to integrate robo-advice into the retirement ...

Super playing dangerous risk game: Milliman

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2017
The long-term investment horizon favoured by superannuation funds is putting Australia's ageing population at risk, according to a new Milliman paper. The paper argues that the priority on long-term net returns highlighted in the Productivity Commission's ...