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Global manager receives makeover

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2017
... decision-making. Natixis IM said: "The institute will take advantage of new developments in data analysis and visualisation to study relationships leveraging the already existing data gathered over the past five years through 25 surveys with 50,000 respondents ...

Advisers ambivalent on LIF deadline: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2017
... ready for life insurance remuneration changes that will impact their business. The sentiment reinforces Zurich's September study revealing about 65% of advisers remain unsure about how life insurance remuneration will be capped. About 69% of the 200 ...

Financial literacy the bridge for income protection gap

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2017
... practice and counselling can play a significant role in closing the income protection gap. That is a key finding from a recent study by Zurich in partnership with the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment at the University of Oxford. It looks ...

SSGA sales head lands top job, successor named

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2017
... The way she led retail distribution in the competitive Australian market has since been used as part of a business case study for SSGA product sales worldwide. "Our Australian business today has a strong retail active investment profile and this is a ...

Cryptocurrency interest underwhelming: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2017
... stage, in the same way the internet was barely understood in 1991 but is now ubiquitous, Dunworth told a netwealth group study. "The scope for opportunity is huge...if someone told you back in 1991 that you could invest in this thing called 'the internet' ...

Fund managers' transparency poor: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017
... management industry not only lags global standards, it could also be deteriorating retirement savings, according to a new study. Commissioned by Monash University's Australian Centre for Financial Studies (ACFS), the report urges greater transparency ...

ANZ launches LIF resource

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2017
... to prepare for the new environment." Many risk advisers however are still not prepared for the changes to remuneration, a study by Zurich found. About 65% remain unsure of the types of life insurance remuneration being capped and 69% don't fully understand ...

Super lump sums increase poverty risks: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 OCT 2017
... Australians receiving superannuation payments as a lump sum is exacerbating the risk of retirees falling into poverty, a global study shows. Three out of 10 Australian retirees over 75-years-old are income-poor, and living on less than half the median ...

Adviser tops the class for education excellence

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2017
A leader among financial advisers has been rewarded for his energy and commitment to ongoing adviser education at time when it's top of mind in the industry. Maxim Private Wealth's Michael Ward was presented the 2017 AFA Excellence in Education in Award ...

Accessing financial wellbeing: The power of general advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2017
... advice via digital solutions and where the threshold lies between general and personal advice. Bineham will provide a case study on how he and Noall & Co. general manager Gavin Glozier are engaging their legacy clients through digital financial literacy ...