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IFM Investors sets significant emissions targets

KRISTI CHENG  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2019
... to 38-100% by 2030. Some of the programs the infrastructure assets have initiated include alternate power sources, the uptake of electric and low emissions vehicles, LED lighting, rooftop and large scale solar, smart management systems and energy efficient ...

University to probe reverse mortgages

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2019
... of New South Wales' business school is starting a two-year research project on reverse mortgages to find why their uptake has been slow in Australia. Reverse mortgages allow retirees to borrow money against their homes to supplement their retirement ...

Insurtechs improve life insurance inefficiencies: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2019
... said. EY Australia partner Andrew Parton commented that while insurers understand the potential of insurtech innovation, uptake remains inhibited by operational constraints, legacy systems, technological readiness, compliance issues and concerns of privacy ...

Barefoot Investor boosts Rest indexed options demand

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2019
Rest is seeing an uptake to its recently launched low-cost indexed options thanks to the Barefoot Investor. Rest chief executive Vicki Doyle says since launching three indexed options last December, the influence of Barefoot Investor Scott Pape in simplifying ...

More advisers using ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2019
... Betashares chief executive Alex Vynokur said. "We predict ETFs to continue to be adopted by planners, along with greater uptake of ETF model portfolios as advisers seek to create efficiencies in their businesses, and lower costs for clients." The report ...

Asset management business models need a rethink: panel

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
... Responding to a question from the audience on how asset managers would adopt new technologies given their historically slow uptake, Scholfield said asset managers would be forced to move with the times. "Similar to the banking community here, there's ...

CBA readies wealth demerger, records $9.2bn cash profit

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2018
... volume margin management in home and business lending, ongoing growth in transaction accounts and deposits and continued uptake of our technology offering. "We also continued to strengthen our balance sheet. This performance has supported a higher dividend ...

Last chance to participate in the annual FS Managed Accounts Survey

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2018
... last year. Listed wealth management groups HUB24, Netwealth and Praemium have all announced substantial managed accounts uptake in recent months In its latest quarterly update, managed accounts specialist HUB24 enjoyed a 51.2% jump in its FUA to $8.3 ...

Tech is all upside for insurance: HSBC

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2018
... costs and better claims experiences in the Chinese market. These claims seem to echo statements of recent years about the uptake of fintech in China. In 2015, KPMG partnered with H2 ventures to release the Fintech 100 report, ranking leaders alongside ...

Corporate bond demand strengthens: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2018
... markets, you start to see a pickup in interest and activity," Stening said. But compared to other OECD countries, Australia's uptake of corporate bonds lagged drastically - less than 1% of the corporate bonds are issued domestically whereas the figure ...