How Pokemon Go is reflecting investment behaviour

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It’s been hard to miss the phenomenal popularity of Pokemon Go. Even in the office we’ve managed to capture a plague of Zubats that until recently we didn’t even know

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Financial literacy the key to advisers’ reputation: research

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Financial advisers believe improved consumer financial literacy is key to enhancing the reputation of their profession, and see themselves as being primarily responsible for driving that improvement. These are two

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Macquarie Life leaders join Zurich Australia’s life insurance and investments business

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Zurich’s Life & Investments division has appointed two respected and experienced Macquarie Life personnel into senior management positions, in anticipation of Macquarie’s life risk business (Macquarie Life) joining Zurich later

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Shining a spotlight on exceptional advisers and practices

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Vision, leadership, excellence. These are the inherent qualities the AFA Adviser and Practice of the Year Award winners have embodied for more than a decade. And as the proud foundation

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Advice and insight on the future of underwriting from Zurich’s Chief Underwriter

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Time is valuable and in today’s rapidly changing advice landscape, it’s becoming more important than ever to boost efficiency and focus on your core value proposition – providing quality advice

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Living Wills and their role in Estate Planning

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There can be few situations as distressing as the need to make hard decisions about the end of life of a loved one. When life – of any reasonable quality – can

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The business of sharing: Zurich’s next investable megatrend

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The Digital Revolution has paved the way for the rise of a global socio-economic ecosystem dubbed the ‘sharing economy’. And it is growing at a phenomenal pace, thanks to the

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Zurich appoints Head of Digital

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Zurich Financial Services Australia (Zurich) is pleased to announce the appointment of Marc Fabris to the newly created role of Head of Digital within its Life and Investments business. In

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The new ways of networking

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We all know the traditional ways of networking. Normally, we go to breakfast meetings or after-work events, we work the room, hand out a few business cards and hope we’re going

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Disruption is like a punch in the mouth

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Remember Mike Tyson? There was a time when he was seen as unbeatable (and not just in his own mind). In his prime, he was a lethal destroyer of his

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