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Incumbents can innovate or separate: AltFi Summit

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2018
Financial services incumbents must lean on and learn from fintechs to carry industry innovation toward future consumer demands or risk being left behind. Speaking ahead of the AltFi Australasia Summit on 16 April, Credible founder and chief executive ...

SMSFs ceding ground to direct investors in the ETF market

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2018
... who embraced ETFs less than a year ago used this vehicle. A large part of this is because of the changing demographic profile of ETF investors; the report found that of those who currently use or intend to use ETFs in the coming year, 38% were millennials ...

China A-shares to disrupt emerging markets strategies: Robeco

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2018
The sheer size of the China A-share equity market, along with China's shifting economic profile, will have a tremendous impact on emerging markets indices - the inclusion of the whole A-shares market will push China's weight in the MSCI Emerging Markets ...

AdviserLogic signs with global risk profiling giant

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2018
Financial advisers using AdviserLogic's CRM system will now be able to assess a client's risk tolerance score following a partnership with global service provider FinaMetrica. The risk tolerance solutions provider has integrated its 25 and short 12 ...

Time to move beyond "cheap and generic" retirement products: Milliman

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2018
Milliman practice leader Wade Matterson thinks the Australian wealth industry should be called to account for creating a raft of "very cheap, generic retirement income products based on a lot of averages." Matterson explained that Milliman analyses ...

AXA inks $20 billion deal, pivots insurance business strategy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2018
... 2018. AXA chief executive Thomas Buberl described the transaction as a strategic opportunity for AXA to shift its business profile from a predominantly life and savings business to being largely property and casualty focused. Currently, life and savings ...

SSGA appoints head of Asia-Pacific

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018
... wholesale unit trusts and intermediary managed accounts. "Our Australian business today has a strong retail active investment profile and this is a credit to Amy's determination to build a meaningful local footprint that is well-informed by great client ...

Unlisted property top performer in 2017: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2018
... and active asset management, which includes redeveloping existing assets to generate a higher income and capital growth profile for our investors." Lumby warned investors will face the dilemma of rising bond yields globally and heightened market volatility ...

Actuaries Institute names chief executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2018
... Institute president John Evans said Grace's experience in public policy has been instrumental in raising the institute's profile in developing strategic papers which go to the heart of major economic and social themes that affect the lives of all Australians. ...

Responsible investment here to stay: Experts

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2018
... products, with a particularly high level of interest emanating from younger investors." INVESTING IN OPPORTUNITY: Read our profile on Alex Vynokur He also pointed to the RIAA data which indicates ethical funds' assets under management grew 26% annually ...