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Worried parents prefer banks over stocks: Stockspot

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2017
... be able to afford their own home, and 78% are concerned their children are living pay-cheque-to-pay-cheque. Yet the majority of parents willing to provide financial assistance would put money in a bank account (68%) over a share investment portfolio ...

Water investing makes a splash

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2017
... With $2.7 billion in assets under management, Blue Sky Alternative Investments managing director Kim Morison says the majority of investors in the Blue Sky Water Fund are high net worth individuals and self-managed super funds. The fund, which invests ...

Finance Sector Union appoints former NSW Premier

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2017
... industry and the internal systems that reward risky, unscrupulous behaviour and has tarnished the reputation of the majority of finance workers who do the right thing." "Nathan Rees has a reputation for stamping out corruption and putting the interests ...

Global economy biased toward active management

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2017
A majority of investors are turning to actively managed investments in times of economic volatility, new research by global asset manager Natixis found. Eight in ten (79%) investors said they favour active managers to help generate alpha in this current ...

Asia-Pacific needs more retirement income specialists: Milliman

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... report's authors noted. In particular, more than 60% of companies surveyed felt financial advice is required by the majority of the population, but importantly, they did not feel as if advice should be reserved for net worth customers only. Currently ...

Mosaic tailors financial advice for women, grows FUA to $800m

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2017
... successful planning practice. With just 20 staff, the group manages $810 million (US$600m) across 250-plus clients, majority of whom are female breadwinners. They follow a fee-based advice model providing each client with a unique investment policy and ...

Pre-retirees robbing Peter to pay Paul: REST

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2017
... the growing intergenerational dependency of Australian families, with older working Australians responsible for the majority of financial giving. According to the research, 72% of intergenerational assistance is provided to adult children aged over 18 ...

HSBC rolls out Apple Pay

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2017
... customers to use the technology, HSBC Australia head of retail banking and wealth management Graham Heunis said. "The majority of our customers' credit card payments are contactless and we expect our customers to embrace Apple Pay. We will also be introducing ...

100 days of Trump (and counting)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2017
... approval ratings being lower than Obama or Clinton, but less than George W? Now that's a plain insult. Then again, majority of those who vote with their pockets approve of the new CEO. The S&P 500 has risen by 6.5% this year to date - and if we're going ...

Global bank tests customer service 'bot'

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2017
... 2016, it adopted Messenger as its main channel for addressing customers' common questions and service issues. The majority of customer engagements are now conducted on Messenger, rather than its public Facebook news feed, Wells Fargo said in statement. ...