One in two employees want financial wellbeing assistance from employers

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One in two (58 percent) employees state they want their employers to provide financial wellbeing tools, but only 14 percent of employers currently provide them, according to Map My Plan,... Read more continue reading

Australian Private Debt – Accessing the Growing Opportunity

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“Institutional investor appetite for alternative defensive allocations continues to grow” according to Revolution Asset Management’s CIO and veteran investment manager, Bob Sahota. In what is perceived as a late market... Read more continue reading

FPA encourages financial planners to explore fintech solutions that improve client engagement, drive cost reduction and boost operational efficiency

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A new white paper from the Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA), entitled Mapping Fintech to the Financial Planning Process: Why Fintech is not a Threat, proposes that through the... Read more continue reading

Vanguard framework takes the emotion out of the active-index choice

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Investors deciding how to allocate their portfolios across actively managed and index investments should follow clear process to avoid arbitrary decision-making, according to a new white paper from Vanguard Australia.... Read more continue reading

ANZ Wealth white paper advocates change for sustainable insurance industry

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ANZ Wealth yesterday released Life insurance: the case for change, a white paper analysing challenges shaping the life insurance sector, including shifting consumer expectations, increased scrutiny and regulation, pricing pressure... Read more continue reading

Zurich adviser ‘think tank’ says financial coaching is the way of the future

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Financial advisers have an opportunity to elevate their services into that of ‘financial coach,’ making themselves as relevant to their clients as other lifestyle professionals, according to a new whitepaper... Read more continue reading

CSFGAM Global Listed release infrastructure whitepaper

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Colonial First State Global Asset Management’s (CFSGAM) Global Listed Infrastructure team has marked their 10th anniversary by releasing a whitepaper, ‘Past, present, future’, reflecting on the last decade of investing... Read more continue reading

What Price Valuable Advice? How to recognise valuable, affordable financial advice

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While many believe that Big Data and convenient technology will make financial advice easier, at Certainty Advice Group they’re not so sure. What truly valuable advice is (and how clients... Read more continue reading

Gen Y or Gen Rent? AMP Capital finds investor benefits for US apartment REITs as home ownership declines

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A major demographic shift in the US has contributed to a steady decline in home ownership since the Global Financial Crisis (GFC), with Generation Y dubbed Generation Rent as millennials... Read more continue reading

Retirement guarantees – are they worth it?

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Freed from the constraints of compulsory annuity purchase, customers in the UK retirement market have entered a brave new world of choosing for themselves which retirement product is best for... Read more continue reading