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Asia: Between fortune and fate

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... by China winds down, the rise of the middle class has become the new megatrend for the giant continent. According to the study 'The new global middle class' by Homi Kharas and Geoffrey Gertz, Asia's middle class is expected to rise from 525 million in ...

Planners continue insurer switches

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2015
... the last year has made it "an essential component of success in the acquisition of new relationships" with planners. The study of 852 financial planners showed the top four insurance providers by number of primary planner relationships were OnePath ...

Hedge funds face brain drain

LAURA MILLAN, MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
Hedge funds should be thriving in the unusual low return environment. But instead of turning to the rock stars of funds management, investors are choosing safer and cheaper options. As managers warn about an Australian brain drain, experts talk about ...

Retirees still cautious about another GFC

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015
... one-fifth of retired seniors have kept their savings invested in shares post the global financial crisis (GFC) according to a study by National Seniors Australia and Challenger. The study was based on survey responses of about 2000 retirees, of which ...

PROFILE: SSGA head of Investment Solutions Group Mark Wills

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2015
... after and go back to the university for tutorials at 10 pm - filthy, of course." In hindsight, he thinks that "part time study is the hard road. But I liked working and at the same time I could see the point of having an academic background." He learnt ...

Capital raising not total solution: CIFR

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2015
A study from the Centre for International Finance and Regulation (CIFR) suggests that on top of banks increasing capital, more can be done to improve their financial stability. The study says in addition to banks increasing capital, compensation structures ...

Divestment could reach $50bn in five years

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
... attractive to these institutional investors by addressing their ESG concerns. To support this claim Reynolds cited a 2013 meta study by the Deutsche Bank Global Financial Institute that found companies with ESG investment criteria have higher credit ...

New guide teaches social media best practice

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2015
... business outcomes. Sharing these real, best-practice examples of how this is being done is a primary objective of our case study series." A recent survey undertaken by Zurich shows there has been a steady take-up of advisers using social media and digital ...

Most life insurance consumers open to genetic testing

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015
... larger-scale report by genome research institute Wellcome Trust Sanger, which surveyed nearly 7,000 people in 75 countries. In that study, 98% of respondents were interested in genetic testing to determine indicators of future diseases. Groyer cautioned ...

Most members actively choose MySuper: research

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
A study by the Centre for International Finance and Regulation (CIFR) shows about two-thirds of default superannuation members are actively choosing to enter a deafult option. From the study 'Delegation, trust and defaulting in retirement savings: Perspectives ...