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Changing nature of advice to benefit institutions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2018
... have insufficiently funded nest eggs needed to maintain their current lifestyles - let alone address the looming longevity gap as more and more mature age Australians are living longer," Tynan said. "These clients may need to consider downsizing the ...

Cultural bias heavily discounts female artwork

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2018
... average, latest academic research has found. A study of more than a million art auction sales across 40 years found a 47.6% price gap between male and female artists across all sales. Co-author of the paper, Is Gender in the Eye of the Beholder?, University ...

New degrees introduced to minimise adviser exodus

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2018
... business and accounting degrees online that will equip students with the specialist knowledge required to fill the academic gap in the financial services industry, Swinburne Online's business and accounting program director Andrew Vincent said. "The ...

AI threatens financial services workers: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2018
... However, the same proportion are having a difficult time finding qualified staff to lead AI technology integration - a key skills gap holding Australian businesses back, Groth said. For 43% of financial services firms, the risks of security and privacy ...

Infrastructure investment needs rethink

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2018
... needs. Ninety percent of respondents believed innovative funding models are effective at bridging the infrastructure funding gap. AECOM chairman and chief executive Michael Burke said infrastructure networks and systems around the globe are under considerable ...

Australia's wealth gap deepens: Oxfam

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2018
... Work and Wealth paper found Australia's richest 1% had more wealth than the bottom 70% of Australians combined. The widening gap has reached a 20-year high. Credit Suisse's Global Wealth Report forecasts the number of millionaires in Australia will grow ...

ASIC accepts EU from Brisbane adviser

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018
... policy was sold to them (unless they elect to keep the cover in place). Together with its MTA Guaranteed Asset Protection (GAP) insurance that was also sold between 2009 and 2017, Suncorp will refund a total of 41,428 add-on insurance customers to the ...

Banks can take lead on financial inclusion

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2018
Innovative non-bank institutions will fill the financial inclusion gap in Asia Pacific if traditional banks do not secure an estimated $110 billion in untapped revenue. This is a key point from the latest EY report on financial inclusion - a term which ...

Citigroup takes action on pay inequality

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2018
... US bank to begin disclosing wage data and adjusting employee salaries as part of a company-wide strategy to close the pay gap for women and minorities. The organisation confirmed it is taking steps to disclose gender and ethnicity wage data after being ...

Diversification concerns see managed funds uptake

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2018
... frustration with the difficulty of being able to access certain investments. "Right now, international shares is the largest gap, followed by private equity funds, private business/venture capital and commercial property," Investment Trends senior analyst ...