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Most accountants still unready for advice

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2016
... Despite this, the research also shows that less than half (41%) of accounting practice business owners had a proper growth plan in place for their business. Only 32% have segmented their client-bases and just 5% regularly survey their clients about their ...

AIA revamps digital strategy

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2016
AIA Australia hopes to change the way people engage with life insurance by personalising products and focusing on storytelling. Following an extensive review of the company's digital presence by global design and strategy firm Frog, AIA Australia plans ...

Gold starts to glisten (like 2008?)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2016
Perhaps they're right. Yes, them, the experts who see the current global economic and financial backdrop shaping up to be a repeat of 2008. Early in the New Year George Soros made headlines with the CNBC headline: "Soros: It's the 2008 crisis all over ...

Even the wealthy are turning to robo-advice

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2016
Millennials and small investors are not the only ones taking up robo-advice; wealthy clients are also turning to the new technology in their droves. That's according to the managing director of Accenture Wealth Management in the US, Kendra Thompson. ...

Henderson reports record inflows

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2016
Global asset manager Henderson Group has flagged three Australian acquisitions and the launch a new fund in the country as part of a successful 2015 that saw record net inflows and underlying profits. The firm reported its full year results to the Australian ...

Survey reveals super fund strategic priorities

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2016
Post retirement products, member engagement and digital strategy remain top of superannuation funds' three-year strategic plans but new concerns are also being brought to the boardroom, according to a joint survey of fund chief executives by ASFA and ...

LIF expected before parliament this week

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2016
The Life Insurance Framework is expected to be put to the House of Representatives by Assistant Treasurer Kelly O'Dwyer this week. The government released exposure draft legislation in December 2015, based on the framework, which O'Dwyer said at the ...

Super funds losing billions to fossil fuels

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2016
Activist group Market Forces has published a report estimating 15 Australian superannuation funds have lost about $5.6 billion on fossil fuel investments since 2014. The recent study also found losses from fossil fuel investments may have cost some ...

Industry fund flags DB issues in Fraser review

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2016
An industry superannuation fund has used the Fraser Review on governance to flag its concerns about the administration of defined benefit schemes. Vision Super, a $7.5 billion fund for local government and water authority employees, said any move to ...

Small not feeling beautiful

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2016
While continued US labour market strength supports the Fed's decision to lift interest rates back in December and its forecasts for more lifts this year, weakening activity indicators released since - not to mention still below target inflation - indicate ...