RISK

Funds management

Investing in volatility in the Australian Equities sector saw some investors well-rewarded in 2017, according to FE Analytics....

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Funds management

Equity factor investing called risk techniques into question, according to a survey by EDHEC-Risk Institute and ERI Scientific Beta....

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Tech

The US fintech firm, Capital Preferences has launched its first profiling and portfolio platform for Australian advisers....

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Superannuation

Lower investments in cash attributed to gender bias get cancelled by group behaviour bias, according to a report....

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Financial planning

TAL has added more than 10 new workshops and webinars to its Risk Academy, which now offers a choice of 33 courses....

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Superannuation

Ignoring risk by taking a long-term perspective may fail super funds when it comes to proper assessment of their members’ decisions, according to Milliman. ...

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Features

Mortgage funds may be a solution to the income generation challenge as they avoid an asset/liability mismatch and allows investors to tailor risk and return, Roy Prasad w...

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Life/Risk

The life insurance industry is missing out on an opportunity by just having half a dozen providers on APLs without basis, according to a panel....

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Policy & Regulation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission will scrutinise non-advised life/risk sales as a central element of the second stage of its examination of claims han...

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Financial planning

Advisers need risk capacity and risk tolerance measures to help clients reach retirement goals, Milliman believes....

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Knowledge Centre

Equities are an important part of a portfolio but you must not ignore the need to mitigate risk. MLC explains why there is an increased uptake of objective based investme...

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Funds management

Australian banks will need to adopt a forward-looking approach and move to leverage new technologies to counter new risk and regulatory threats, according to a new study....

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Financial planning

Super and non-super reforms are needed to address the gender gap in retirement, CBA believes....

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Funds management

With few places to hide, many investors have been forced to take greater risks to secure returns, leaving them exposed when the tide turns, a funds manager warns....

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Funds management

AltaVista Research has unveiled new functional tools to help advisers better understand the underlying investment exposures in exchange-traded fund selection....

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Insignia Financial has made four appointments, including three who have joined from TAL, to lead strategy and innovation in its retirement solutions for the MLC brand....

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