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ETFs increasingly used to trade risk

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2018
... Institutional investors are increasingly turning to exchange-traded funds in times of volatility, using them as a price discovery tool and to trade risk. Speaking at the Financial Standard Best Practice ETF Forum in Sydney yesterday, BlackRock Investment ...

Advisers can help democratise philanthropy

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2018
... The data proves this, she said, noting the proliferation of ESG solutions available. "Through proper due diligence and discovery you can find ESG solutions and other impact investment options that will align to an individual investor's financial plan ...

Client longevity the largest advice disruptor

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2018
... suggest the way advisers discover important information about clients "is still astonishingly superficial." He adds this discovery is overwhelmingly oriented around dropping a client into a risk bucket to make a model portfolio selection. "Even when ...

Wearables driving life insurance engagement

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018
... with their life insurance. Since launching its fitness and wellness program four years ago with South African insurer Discovery, AIA Australia's Vitality leads the pack when engaging members with their life insurance policy. According to AIA Australia ...

Global online trading firm rolls out bitcoin derivatives in Australia

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2018
... exchange." "We view these benefits as: competitive fees and margin rates, the ability to go long or short, enhanced price discovery via aggregated liquidity from multiple bitcoin market makers and exchanges, and fast trade execution," Stevens said. The ...

Financial Standard's top stories of 2017

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017
... partners to combine life and health (24 May) AIA Australia joined forces with health fund GMHBA and South African company Discovery; the three will work under the new brand myOwn and offer both life and health insurance, along with AIA's wellness program ...

Bravura inks major international deal

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 DEC 2017
... international transaction for Bravura in the last twelve months, signing a long-term contact with South African based Discovery Limited for the implementation of Sonata in November, an agreement with $4.7 billion Scotland-based insurer the Scottish Friendly ...

Channel Capital partners with Sahota to launch new boutique

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2017
... partners including equities investor L1 Capital, Jamieson Coote Bonds, Capital Dynamics' Clean Energy Infrastructure, Discovery Asset Management and Gunn Agri Partners.

SSGA dismisses ETF bubble concerns

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2017
... conceded "the jury is still out" on whether the growth in passive investments more broadly is impacting volatility, price discovery and liquidity, "it's something we're looking at quite closely." He added that it's a further misconception to suggest ...

Advice business offers enforceable undertaking

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2017
... were also found to contain further general templated information. Further concerns cited by the regulator included the discovery of outdated policies and procedures, with ASIC labelling FIA's file audit process as 'deficient'. In the EU documents the ...