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Advice beats direct insurance for Aussie consumers

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2015
The majority of Australian consumers prefer to purchase insurance policies through financial advisers rather than directly. This is the conclusion of Asteron Life's Attitude to Life Adviser Insights report, which surveyed 1,515 Australians across every ...

Blue Sky to raise $200m for new VC fund

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2015
Blue Sky Venture Capital is launching a new $200 million venture capital (VC) fund targeted at institutional investors to invest in later-stage deals in Australia and overseas. VC fundraising in Australia increased to $368 million last financial year ...

Economist says innovation one small part of growth

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2015
The federal government's innovation statement was well received among the financial services industry but there are still gaps to be filled in transforming Australia's fiscal growth according to a chief economist. Providing his global economic and market ...

First State Super hitches cart to Turnbull innovation

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2015
First State Super will be the first superannuation fund to benefit from Malcolm Turnbull's innovation statement after announcing a venture capital investment partnership with H2 Ventures today. The super fund expects to deploy about $250 million for ...

Industry welcomes Innovation Statement

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2015
The reforms detailed in the Government's recent Innovation Statement have been enthusiastically welcomed by the financial services industry and beyond. Among a package of reforms introduced by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in Canberra yesterday were ...

FPA promises continuity in leadership succession

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) chairman Neil Kendall said that the organisation's strategy has not changed, despite the leadership reshuffle. "We have just changed the bus driver," he said. Speaking to the media at the FPA Congress in Brisbane ...

AB calls for three-stage CIPR

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2015
Investment management and research firm AllianceBernstein (AB) believes there is an appropriate three-stage approach that can form a default comprehensive income product for retirement (CIPR). The three-stage approach is based around a delayed annuity ...

Tim Steele departs AMP

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2015
After announcing his departure in May, Genesys and ipac managing director Tim Steele has left the AMP-aligned practices today. Based on the May announcement, Steele was expected to leave his role in June, but stayed on until late October. He is now ...

Christmas in October

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2015
"You better watch out You better not cry You better not pout I'm telling you why..." Central banks are coming to town - and they've loaded lots of toys and goodies on their sleigh. Back to back central bank stimulus measure surprises - promised and ...

Retirement incomes become industry focus

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2015
Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) chief executive Pauline Vamos believes the superannuation industry will struggle to further link the facets of retirement with a suitable pension system without more investment. Speaking at the ...