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Instos partner with Canadian government

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2018
... international development. These challenges include the lack of women in leadership roles; the persisting global infrastructure gap - particularly in emerging markets - and threats to growth posed by climate change. "Climate change, gender inequality ...

SMSFs missing out on returns

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2018
... would have resulted in $162, 504. SMSFs have historically returned lower than default MySuper products but the performance gap has widened in the last year. SMSFs underperformed default MySuper products by 1.2% over the year; 0.3% over three years; 0.8% ...

Australia should consider Islamic finance to bridge infrastructure gap

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2018
If super funds continue to spurn local infrastructure investment in favour of offshore assets, Crescent Wealth managing director Talal Yassine believes the Islamic finance market should help make up Australia's shortfall. Yassine called on the Federal ...

Powered by Lloyds and KPMG, insurtech offers cybersecurity insurance

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2018
... business in the SME space to new vulnerabilities, there is an urgent need for a streamlined product that fills the market gap that currently exists for SME clients," Hoare said. Edmund also provides protection from social-engineering fraud where criminals ...

Insurtechs must work with incumbents: EY

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2018
... the respondents said they felt the incumbents were not doing enough to collaborate with innovative start-ups. Bridging this gap between the incumbents and themselves is firmly on the agenda of insurtechs. A staggering 90% said they aim to enable or support ...

Industry funds call for super shortfall reform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2018
... industry features prominently in the research around those not receiving compulsory super contributions, with an estimated gap of nearly $2 billion a year affecting the retirement savings of nearly 350,000 people," Atkin said. Other industries anticipated ...

Fees for no service compensation unfinished business: ASIC

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2018
... firms "must take reasonable steps to ensure that its representatives comply with financial services laws." He is seeing a gap between the statutory obligations to take reasonable steps and the expectations of ASIC and the wider community. Since 2001 ...

ANZ insto property head joins $2.3bn debt manager

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2018
... record and quality institutional grade investment platform." "MaxCap is strategically positioned to fill the current funding gap, as the banks loosen their hold on CRE lending," Law said. MaxCap managing director Wayne Lasky added: "Eddie has extensive ...

What the associations want from Budget 2018

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
When the clock strikes half past seven and Treasurer Scott Morrison starts to read his speech, here is what Australia's major financial services associations will be hoping for. Financial Planning Association (FPA) In a 45-page pre-budget submission ...

Govt reforms can tackle super gender gap: ASFA

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018
... achieve a comfortable retirement, ASFA said. ASFA chief executive Martin Fahy said it is important to take steps to close the gap, to ensure women are not condemned to experience poverty and even homelessness in retirement. Non-profit group Homelessness ...