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China A-shares to shake up EM funds

KARREN VERGARA AND DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2018
... Jean-Paul Linschoten says the move will see differences in the way investors approach A-shares and learn more about the 1500-odd Chinese companies eligible via Stock Connect. "In the short term, some investors will give out mandates to more experienced ...

Peak bodies join forces over due diligence

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2018
... parties, including both superannuation fund clients conducting their own due diligence and external operational due diligence (ODD) assessors. Additionally, the two industry bodies have released a frequently asked questions document which will help fund ...

ASFA disappointed in Royal Commission scope

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) is disappointed the Royal Commission into banks and financial services has included the $2.5 trillion super system. In a statement ASFA said further scrutiny of the sector, which is already ...

C is the key

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2017
It's 21 days before the US Federal Reserve proclaims to the world that the fed funds rate is 25 basis points higher to 1.5%. Gauging from the CME FedWatch Tool, this is 91.5% certain. I don't think anybody can quibble with this. But one striking point ...

Fed does the expected, will do as expected

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2017
It was the event that wasn't. This event, of course, is the US Federal Reserve's 31 October - 1 November FOMC meeting. The Fed's forward guidance is the same as it was in the 20 September FOMC statement when it announced that it would initiate its balance ...

Cyber training is advice value-add: AUSTRAC

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2017
... that a lot of the large institutions and product issuers would have, and their job is to go through transactions that may be odd or have certain flags or triggers," Saxena said. "You're looking at, on average, about three to five actual attempted frauds ...

As clear as it gets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2017
Seven in two. Seven Fed officials over the past two days have spoken, putting forward their individual rationales over the rationality or not of the Fed's ongoing path towards normalisation given the prevailing strong growth/labour market and below ...

The pointy end of super regulation

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2017
... Scheerlinck said the super industry was now focusing on regulation: specifically, ASIC's RG 97 and APRA's operational due diligence (ODD) reporting. "We are now at the pointy end of the equation, with ASIC's new fee and disclosure requirements set to ...

Jump goes the Aussie

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2017
Here we go again, extrapolating as we go. After projected to fall to US$0.70 (or less) only last month, the tide has turned for the Australian dollar after it jumped to a 26-month high versus the greenback to US$0.7933. It's now extrapolated to keep ...

Gen Y leading retirement readiness: research

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2017
More than half of Generation Y respondents in a recent RaboDirect survey indicated they would be adequately funded for retirement, compared to 31% of Gen Xers and 30% of baby boomers. The findings came out of RaboDirect's Super & Retirement Report ...