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The next generation of bancassurance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2017
... insurance and wealth management to their clients, then why not control both the manufacture and distribution of those products? Poor conduct, often related to warped incentive structures, led to increased regulatory scrutiny and oversight, as well as ...

Fund managers' transparency poor: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017
Lack of transparency in Australia's funds management industry not only lags global standards, it could also be deteriorating retirement savings, according to a new study. Commissioned by Monash University's Australian Centre for Financial Studies (ACFS) ...

Perennial LIC extends investment mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017
A Perennial-managed listed investment company specialising in managing downside risk in Australian equities has amended its investment guidelines. Following the board's approval, Wealth Defender Equities (WDE) can now up its allocation to small cap ...

Diversification trumping growth: Schroders

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2017
... potential barriers to rebalancing portfolios, including implementation challenges (46%), compliance hurdles (43%), being time poor (7%) and skill set gaps (4%). Commenting on the positive sentiment, Schroders multi-asset portfolio manager David Wanis ...

BEAR has 'teeth': Treasurer

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2017
... this morning that the BEAR goes beyond banks writing "big cheques to absolve for any misdoings" - it is necessary to deter poor behaviour. Executives in breach of their obligations will not only face disqualification from the banking industry, they may ...

Super lump sums increase poverty risks: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 OCT 2017
... of retirees falling into poverty, a global study shows. Three out of 10 Australian retirees over 75-years-old are income-poor, and living on less than half the median income of the population, according to the OECD Preventing Ageing Unequally report. ...

Pinnacle boutique launches $250m LIC offer

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 OCT 2017
A Pinnacle affiliate has launched the initial public offering for a new small cap listed investment vehicle. Spheria Asset Management is aiming to raise up to $250 million for Spheria Emerging Companies Limited (SEC), which will invest in a portfolio ...

Wills should be reviewed, not refuted: EQT

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2017
Financial advisers must ensure clients' estate plans are being regularly reviewed to avoid the potential diminishment of assets as a result of costly family drama when they're gone, Equity Trustees said. The asset management and estate planning experts ...

Financial advice key for world in reverse: Geldof

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 OCT 2017
... because, without question, globalisation is the best thing that's happened to the less fortunate in our world. "If you pull the poor of this world out of their baneful circumstances then you create endless opportunity for growth," he continued. As an ...

Kokoda revisited: The AFA journey

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2017
... days." "Rain, heat, humidity, clay, climbing up and down a cumulative 10,000 feet; log and bamboo bridges and water crossings, poor sleep, aches and pains...but I had 20 fellow-trekkers that are now 20 mates. The pillars at Isurava - Courage, Endurance ...