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Equity factor investing undergoes further examination

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2018
... returns, the researchers said. "When evaluating their control of dynamic factor investing, most investors think they have poor control of the sophisticated techniques for measuring and integrating the variations in betas and premia in the allocation," ...

Vertically integrated institutions failing to manage conflicts of interest

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2018
... circumstances. While ASIC acknowledged non-compliance did not necessarily mean that the advice provided would have resulted in poor outcomes, the files still failed to demonstrate clients would be in a better position following the advice. "We commonly ...

Active manager diversity breeds performance: WTW

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2018
... due to stakeholder pressure," Mao said. "As a result, they spend a lot of time and energy questioning performance, making poor hiring and firing decisions based on short-term performance and these decisions often detract value over time. "We recommend ...

ASIC puts corner-cutting advisers on notice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2018
... forms have even been backdated. "Improper and unethical practices around binding death nomination forms can lead to very poor consumer outcomes. Advisers, licensees and their staff who engage in these practices should consider this a final warning," ...

ASIC accepts EU from Brisbane adviser

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018
... and other data to identify a group of high risk advisers. The resulting 'high risk list' is not in itself an assessment of poor quality advice, ASIC said, rather enables it to target its surveillance activity, and reviews the quality of advice to determine ...

Life insurance consumers shun financial advisers

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018
Australians are increasingly relying on the internet and digital devices to purchase life insurance instead of financial advisers, a new study from NobleOak shows. Almost half (43.6%) of the 1000 respondents in NobleOak and Pureprofile's 2017 life insurance ...

Banks can take lead on financial inclusion

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2018
Innovative non-bank institutions will fill the financial inclusion gap in Asia Pacific if traditional banks do not secure an estimated $110 billion in untapped revenue. This is a key point from the latest EY report on financial inclusion - a term which ...

Aussie currency drives fund launch

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JAN 2018
... It said the HSBC Australian Dollar Liquidity Fund offers same-day liquidity and has an AAA rating from both Standard and Poor's and Moody's. The fund invests in low-risk, high-quality money market instruments such as bank deposits, commercial paper ...

Industry funds reign supreme: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 JAN 2018
... financial advice and education but this has proven difficult in the past because of cost, the level of interest and trust. The poor rating in the overall population for financial planners regarding their ethics and honesty [from the Roy Morgan 'Image ...

FS has you covered in 2017

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017
... and strangulation in red tape. Delegates also heard directly from the regulators, with APRA saying it is crunch time for poor performing superannuation funds as they will soon be asked to "gracefully exit the industry" if they cannot meet revisions to ...