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Focusing on the bad to make it better

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2017
... opportunities for advisers to explore means of adding value to their businesses. "As Winston Churchill said, don't waste a crisis. This is a great opportunity for you guys [advisers] to reimagine not just how to take the industry forward but also to ...

"Enough is enough": Women in Super launch national campaign

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 12 SEP 2017
... enough is enough," Wood said. "We must do better than a system that sees women retiring with 47% less than men. This is a crisis and unless we act now we will be leaving a tragic legacy for younger women and it is not fair or reasonable to simply tell ...

Who's afraid of North Korea? Not the South Koreans

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2017
... when asked about the mood in Seoul given the latest threats: "Oh, people here are very calm and you know, you don't have a crisis here. If you stop people here and ask questions about North Korea, yes, they will talk about those nuclear weapons and they ...

AIA pilots door-to-door claims program

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 22 AUG 2017
... Australia is piloting a claims program that provides free door-to-door support in the face of significant health events. In a crisis the Claims on Wheels program will provide clients with their own personal claims consultant who will assist through the ...

Opposition floats SMSF borrowing ban

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2017
... policy will target a $24 billion borrowing "explosion" by SMSFs which has contributed to an overheated property market and a crisis in housing affordability. "We will restore the general ban on direct borrowing by superannuation funds to help cool an ...

Wilson denounces illogical Hunter Hall response

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2017
... a corporate governance crisis following Peter Hall's resignation as chief executive of Hunter Hall, Wilson said such a crisis was inarguable: "He's the chief executive of the investment manager. It's a corporate crisis for the manager who manages HHV." ...

Capital not enough to prevent failures

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2016
... ones A willingness to intervene when needed Planning and preparation to ensure contingency plans are in place before a crisis develops A capacity to maintain critical functions A safety net or backstop to provide additional confidence at times of uncertainty ...

Mastering the art of ignoring crises

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2016
... unless they directly impact market infrastructure. They can't be predicted," Jordan said. "Every 30 to 40 days there is a crisis. It is a waste of psychological energy to react." The asset management firm aims to solve this problem by offering investors ...

New insurance industry guidance on its way

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2016
... of capital and reinsurers from the market - creating major issues for super trustees going for tender at the time. "In a crisis we tend to panic and some trustees ended up with prices that are too high. Some trustees have reacted to that by reducing ...

Be alert to recession amid growth headwinds: PIMCO

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2015
Australia is still someway off rebalancing its economy following the end of the mining boom and investors must consider the real possibility of recession, warns PIMCO. While the chair of the fund manager's Asia-Pacific portfolio committee, Adam Bowe ...