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ASFA disappointed in Royal Commission scope

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017
... tape, and that prudential standards must strike the right balance to allow the superannuation industry to thrive. "Every extra board paper at a superannuation meeting dealing with a new regulation, every new form to fill in by the CEO, the CIO, the CFO ...

Game theory revolutionises risk profiling

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 NOV 2017
... decision-making is a real breakthrough. "You can immediately add to your compliance safeguards by identifying those clients who need extra help because of inconsistent decision making," he said. The business has seen pre-launch adoption of the platform ...

Superannuation fears regulatory strangle: ASFA

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 NOV 2017
... ATO, Easson said prudential standards must strike the right balance to allow the superannuation industry to thrive. "Every extra board paper at a superannuation meeting dealing with a new regulation, every new form to fill in by the CEO, the CIO, the ...

The Fed's aware of building imbalances

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2017
Watching Wall Street break one record high after another make it very tempting to join the herd or raise allocation of US equities in portfolios. There's the fear of missing out (FOMO) and then there's the shorts that, time and again in the current ...

Aurora CFO terminated as $1m vanishes from listed trust

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2017
Aurora Funds Management has terminated the employment of its chief financial officer after $1 million was withdrawn from the bank account of a listed Aurora vehicle over the weekend. Terminated chief financial officer Betty Poon's involvement in the ...

No big deal or not yet?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2017
Perhaps 'twas because of the Thanksgiving holiday or it could be that everybody and their dogs were busy gearing up for the Black Friday sale that the big drop in China's stock market last Thursday got just a little hoo-ha last week. Even the S&P/ASX ...

'tis the season to not be jolly

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2017
... more specifically, growth in real wages. Wages growth of 2.0% and inflation of 1.8% equals real wages growth of 0.2% -- the extra income remaining in worker's pockets - and we know this paltry change would only go towards servicing their ballooning household ...

Planners divided on mental health advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2017
Mental health is an issue growing across Australia and the financial services industry is responding. AMP recently refreshed its mental health training program for financial advisers and the content now exceeds the minimum standards set by the Financial ...

Taxing times

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2017
... more expected in December) and shrinking the balance sheet starting in October. Certainly, the tax cuts would provide an extra boost to the US economy when it comes (and it will). Even the Fed acknowledged this very early this year. According to the ...

AMP introduces facial recognition for mobile clients

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017
Users of AMP's wealth management apps can now log-in via facial recognition. Facial recognition identification enhances the experience of using the Bett3r and My AMP apps, according to AMP's director of digital and design, Michael Weeding. "The apps ...