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Aviva restructures, plans new retirement focus

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2019
Aviva has announced a global restructure that will see the group split into five separate divisions, including the creation of a new retirement business. Announced yesterday, Aviva has reviewed its operations and is now simplifying its structure with ...

Flaws in Grattan SG research: Report

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2019
Research published this morning by Jim Stanford from the Australia Institute says increasing the superannuation guarantee to 12% will not stifle future wage growth, and calls out assumptions used in Grattan's research on the subject. Stanford reviewed ...

Chief economist update: The PBOC stimulates

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2019
Faced with slowing growth and above target inflation, what's a central bank to do? In the case of the People's Bank of China (PBOC), it's going for growth. In a surprise move, the Chinese central bank cut its seven-day reverse repo rate ...

FS Roundtable: Striking the perfect balance

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2019
... volume, numerous platforms weren't able to cope, proving to be "slow and cumbersome" and unable to process information fast enough, Schween recalls. Many platform providers at the time were still reliant on manual signatures and paper work. If a ...

TAL launching new product

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2019
Life insurer TAL is set to launch a new specialised product which it says is the first of its kind in Australia. The product is designed to protect people with diabetes and will include offers of life insurance premium reductions for customers who demonstrate ...

New career move for ex-SuperConcepts head

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2019
The former general manager - business development of SuperConcepts has stepped into a new role. Stephen Doulgeridis has joined Superannuation Advisers Australia (SuperAA) as general manager, in a move designed to bolster leadership within the firm. ...

Link Group enters UK market

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2019
... platform. Link said the partnership with Smart Pensions provides it with a strong a credible market entry point into the fast-growing UK pension administration market and builds on its presence in the Australian and New Zealand superannuation markets. ...

Adviser scammed family, friends

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2019
... months. Part of the scheme, known as the Amongst Friends Investment Group, involved the sale of partnership interests in a fast food chain franchise. Amongst Friends Investment Group raised over $2 million from at least 100 investors, most of whom were ...

Chief economist update: Arrivederci Signor Draghi

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2019
... economy to stabilise - GDP growth reached a high of 2.8% in the third quarter of 2017 and HICP inflation accelerated to as fast as 2.3% by October 2018. The nasty turn of events in the global economy has again put pressure on the ECB, prompting the latest ...

Hong Kong hedge funds suffering: Report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2019
... for US$92.1 billion of assets under management, overseen by 449 hedge fund managers as of August 2019. "Proximity to the fast-growing economy of China, availability of highly-trained talent base, as well as robust regulatory landscape have successfully ...