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Fund added to Macquarie Wrap

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2017
... at least 10% pa with strong capital protection characteristics, and can be accessed via its retail distribution partner Channel Capital. "The L1 Capital Long Short Fund has delivered outstanding risk-adjusted returns with significantly lower beta and ...

Fintech apps disrupt advice model

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2017
Fintechs are deploying the next generation of financial planning applications and disrupting the traditional advice model, a new study has found. In response to advisers' demand for increased process efficiency and compliance automation, the latest ...

Vanguard appoints three distribution heads

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 10 APR 2017
Vanguard internally appointed three new heads of its distribution team. Matt Willis has become head of institutional, having previously been national sales manager - adviser, regional sales manager - northern, and business development manager. Rebecca ...

Coles sheds life insurance offering

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 10 APR 2017
... direct selling of life insurance leaves superannuation group insurance as the overwhelmingly dominant insurance direct channel in the sector. Analysis by Rainmaker revealed the Coles insurance offer, while being cheaper that some retail personal offers ...

Banking scrutiny to escalate: ABA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 APR 2017
... appointment of dedicated customer advocates who report to banks' executive leadership teams, and offer an alternative channel for customers unsatisfied with a bank's response to an issue; 17 banks have this in place. The other is the new whistleblower ...

ANZ trials voice biometrics

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 4 APR 2017
ANZ will be the first Australian bank to introduce voice biometrics for higher value transactions on mobile devices. From the middle of this year, customers transferring more than $1000 through ANZ's mobile apps will be able to use their voice to automatically ...

BT and Asgard add bond fund

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 4 APR 2017
... wholesale Australian government bond strategy; it was recently rated as "recommended" by Lonsec. The fund is distributed by Channel Capital, whose head of distribution, Andrew King, said: "We have identified heightened bank related risks within Australian ...

AMP reshapes advice businesses, appoints MD

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2017
... as managing director, Charter; Chris Digby as managing director of SMSF advice and Jigsaw; and Dave Akers as director, channel strategy and services. Akers will oversee the new channel strategy and services team, which AMP said will "focus on simplifying ...

Not our job to protect big insurers: APRA

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2017
The rise of peer-to-peer insurance and smaller insurance tech companies should be taken as a warning to established players - and APRA isn't going to protect outdated business models from failing. APRA member and former Suncorp Life chief executive ...

Life insurance ripe for disruption

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2017
Unprecedented challenges in the life insurance industry are exacerbating profitably and forcing some players out of the market, the latest PwC report shows. Customer demographics, ongoing trust issues, heightened regulation, foreign entrants, technology ...