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Survey shows future of mandates

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020
... constituents is a driving their embracing of sustainable investing, while 78% said financial return potential was driving uptake. And 88% are addressing thematic issues through their investment approaches. Climate change was the top environmental issue ...

State Street model portfolios land on BT Panorama

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
... doubled in the last five years. State Street Global Advisors head of SPDR ETF Asia Pacific distribution Meaghan Victor said uptake of the model portfolios has been "extremely positive" among financial advisers so far, noting many are attracted by the ...

Has COVID-19 solved the advice problem?

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... perspective, the new way of working is "kind of a lightbulb moment" for the firm. The crisis has caused a boom in client uptake of the firm's new digital data collection mechanism, which pushes Xplan data to the client for review and adjustment, ensuring ...

Technology to transform coming decades

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
... and blockchain technologies represent the most transformative opportunity areas over the coming 20 years. He argues the uptake of these new technologies will reshape the global economy and disrupt established financial institutions. "There is clear and ...

National Seniors partners with retirement funder

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019
... access home equity for a range of purposes." Earlier this year the firm co-funded a UNSW study into the lag in Australia's uptake of reverse mortgages.

Senate creates committee on fintech, regtech

KRISTI CHENG  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2019
... "size and scope" of the opportunity fintech and regtech may give for Australian consumers and business; barriers to the uptake of new technologies in the financial sector; and the progress in reforming fintech facilitation and how it compares to other ...

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 ...