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24 August 2018 • By • 1 min read

Advisers split on insurer ‘wellbeing’ programs

Not all financial advisers are sold on the importance of health and wellbeing products when recommending insurance products, new Investment Trends ...

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Global economy ‘tinder dry’, warns JCB

Investors are not being compensated for the risks they are taking in the current late-cycle global economy, warns Jamieson Coote Bonds. Record ...

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JP Morgan AM screens out tobacco from fund

JP Morgan Asset Management has announced that it is excluding tobacco stocks from its Australian multi-asset strategy. In a statement, the global ...

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Consumer confidence continues to nosedive

Separate figures from ANZ-Roy Morgan and NAB have shown that concerns about the economy has dragged down consumer confidence – and has been for a ...

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Assistant Treasurer resigns after leadership spill

Assistant Minister to the Treasurer Michael Sukkar offered his resignation to the Prime Minister in the aftermath of the leadership challenge early on ...

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Aussie stocks playing ‘accounting games’, says Perpetual

A portfolio manager on Perpetual’s asset management team says Australian companies are “playing games” with their numbers and “squeezing” CFOs in ...

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AMP appoints new CEO

Former Credit Suisse South East Asia chief executive Francesco De Ferrari has been named as AMP’s new boss, effective 1 December 2018

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Industry funds eyeing corporate super accounts

Equipsuper has beefed up its corporate super team in the hope of winning new business following the royal commission’s hearings into superannuation

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Coalition rejects report into women's super

The government has rejected nearly all of a Senate committee's recommendations aimed at improving women’s retirement savings, a move that has been ...

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Government launches financial literacy program

The Minister for Revenue and Financial Services Kelly O’Dwyer has unveiled the National Financial Capability Strategy, the financial literacy program ...

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