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Half of financial services to divest: EY

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2016
Fifty-six per cent of financial services companies expect to execute a divestment within the next two years and 43% are likely to divest this year according to an EY global survey. The survey of more than 1000 company executives also showed 53% of financial ...

Report highlights sea-change in asset owner operations

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2016
Large institutions are reshaping the way they manage their assets, preferring fewer, but deeper external manager relationships and focussing more on the long-term, according to a BNP Paribas Securities Services report. The report said there was a move ...

Adviser standards need a tidy

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 11 JAN 2016
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) believes it is not clear how proposed education and training requirements for financial advisers would apply to robo-advice. ASFA says if financial advice was to be provided online (robo-advice) ...

Lift then back to zero (even negative)?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2015
Two days before lift-off. But in case there's still any doubt, allow me to replay what US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen told the US Congress' Joint Economic Committee only less than a forthnight ago: "... I anticipate continued economic growth ...

Good Super founders take the reins from MD

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2015
... sector had an important role to play in creating large-scale impact." As a result, "he has turned to the private sector to advance responsible and social impact investing by creating shared value." Good Super approaches superannuation investments from ...

Super funds must ramp cyber protections

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015
An alleged cyber attack on the Australian Bureau of Meteorology this week reaffirms the vital importance of chief information officers and stringent security systems at superannuation funds. Two financial services consulting firms released reports in ...

Fairy tales may come true

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2015
We all know the saying, "it ain't over till the fat lady sings", well, last night... she did. Read her lips and hear her sonata: "Were the FOMC to delay the start of policy normalization for too long, we would likely end up having to tighten policy ...

UK regulator targets conflicts in investment consulting

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015
Asset consultants could be in the firing line as the UK's financial regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), sets competition and conflicts of interest within the asset management industry in its sights. The heads of the UK's largest pension ...

AIRA calls for fast-tracked reporting season announcements

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2015
The Australasian Investor Relations Association (AIRA) wants the release to market of important financial results announcements and other price sensitive information to be fast tracked during profit reporting seasons. Under AIRA's proposal, a fast track ...

The Fed could get it wrong

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2015
... previous meeting, but it marked down its forecast for 2009 slightly. "The staff continued to expect that real GDP would advance slowly in the fourth quarter of 2008 and at a faster rate in 2009, but still less than that of its potential." "Participants ...