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Ord Minnett manager launches adviser social startup

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2016
... a country with an ageing population, 68% of Australians actively use social media. Loneragan sees Latch as a way for time-poor advisers to capture this opportunity with relatively minimal effort. He said: "A lot of the older advisers in particular find ...

Coin flipping better than macro forecasts

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2016
Using macroeconomic forecasts to predict global politics isn't too far from flipping a coin, according to Prime Value Asset Management portfolio manager ST Wong. Pointing to the Brexit surprise and Donald Trump's election, Wong said: "You may have more ...

BMW caught on car loan failures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2016
... further collections activities. ASIC deputy chairman Peter Kell said this outcome is demonstrative of the staggering cost of poor business practices and should act as a warning to other car financiers. "BMW Finance had a sales-driven culture that failed ...

Life insurance legacy faces more scrutiny

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2016
... Australia's life insurance regulator is renewing calls to rationalise legacy products that have plagued the industry with poor consumer outcomes and operational complexities. APRA member Geoff Summerhayes told a parliamentary inquiry on the life insurance ...

Life insurance commissions bill passes lower house

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2016
... Revenue and Financial Services Kelly O'Dwyer said: "High upfront commissions have been identified as a significant cause of poor quality life insurance advice. The measures in the Bill will reduce these high upfront commissions and better align the interests ...

Bank inquiry recommends breaking big four oligopoly

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016
... about how bank staff are rewarded, the protection of whistleblowers, the handling of customer complaints and dealing with poor conduct. We are doing this with independent oversight." MA1/4nchenberg supported the idea of a "one-stop shop" for customer ...

Time is up for the static portfolio mix: JPMAM

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016
... beholden upon managers to look for ways to be more inventive, more creative about extracting that risk premia." Haunted by poor demographics and weak productivity the report predicts that over the next 10 to 15 years developed world real growth will ...

Aussie start-up wins $500m impact investing mandate

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2016
... into new environmentally-friendly buildings... and we are investing in local businesses as well as providing capital to the poor for entrepreneurial businesses aimed at generating financial profits," said GII founder Giles Gunesekera. GII is a consulting ...

The $25 trillion decision US voters have to make

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2016
... reform, policies on trade and regulatory shifts affecting the plumbing of financial markets." "Rotations out of sectors with poor fundamentals will likely resume and, I suspect, attention will start to shift to the eurozone into year end," he said. Australian ...

Retirement fears herald advice opportunity

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2016
... attributed to the stall in the growth of assets held in APRA-regulated funds as a result of unstable financial markets and a poor overall performance of the ALL ORDS. A further 30% of the 20,800 members surveyed said they are "somewhat confident"; though ...