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ASIC consults on new statement of advice

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2017
ASIC is now consulting with the financial services industry on a new example statement of advice for life insurance. The regulator's latest consultation paper seeks feedback on the new example Statement of Advice (SOA) and related updates to the guidance ...

IRESS partnership aids RG 97 compliance

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2017
... our client service team to focus more on where we can really provide value to clients, particularly through expert consulting on benchmarks and models, trends in buy-side trading behaviour and costs, and in helping them respond to the increasing number ...

IRESS head of super retires

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2017
... a smooth integration progress between IRESS and Financial Synergy. Jeff Hall, most recently the general manager of consulting, superannuation, has been appointed to the managing director role. Walsh congratulated Hall on his appointment, noting his extended ...

Asset management looks different in 2020: Research

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2017
... industry consultant expects 2017's volume to likely outpace the last two years. Casey Quirk, a subsidiary of Deloitte Consulting, said ageing populations are affecting asset management flows and the broad shift to passive management has created pressure ...

Insurtech here to stay: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2017
... 'insurtechs' are failing to exploit opportunities in the industry, a new study found. Joint research conducted by global consulting firm Oliver Wyman and German insurance startup Policen Direkt shows the second wave of insurance technology disruption ...

Senior executives sworn to secrecy over bank levy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2017
The five major banks are banned from consulting with their boards, customers or shareholders prior to the implementation of legislation around the new bank levy. In what the Australian Bankers' Association has labelled an extraordinary move, the Federal ...

Research exposes adviser pricing models

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2017
... proving there is more confusion and curiosity about adviser pricing models than ever, preliminary results from Elixir Consulting research found. The study examined six different business models and the implications of charging different types of fees ...

Sunsuper hires investment manager from Mercer

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2017
Sunsuper has appointed a new investment manager. Scott McNally joins Sunsuper from Mercer Investment Consulting, where he was a manager research consultant. Prior to that, he was an investment consultant at Sovereign Investment Research. McNally also ...

Asia-Pacific needs more retirement income specialists: Milliman

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... than other regions in the world but many nations are yet to develop comprehensive retirement income systems. Global consulting and actuarial firm Milliman said across the Asia-Pacific consumers feel as if their national retirement systems' provisions ...

Russell Investments secures $1.9bn mandate

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 APR 2017
... in large part due to the firm's long-established superannuation heritage and significant experience in implemented consulting, particularly with complex defined benefit funds. "Russell Investments offers the necessary capabilities, global reach and experience ...