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ING partners for fraud prevention

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2017
ING is joining with a global risk management software provider to upgrade its fraud detection and prevention facilities. The move occurs ahead of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) launching the New Payments Platform, which will allow real-time transactions ...

Hunter Hall investment style to be maintained: WHSP

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2017
Investment company Washington H. Soul Pattinson intends to maintain ethical fund manager Hunter Hall International's investment style even if its takeover bid fails. In its bidder's statement released on Wednesday, WHSP said upon acquiring more than ...

Australian Unity buys Altius, sells down Wingate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2017
As part of an expansion of its wealth business, Australian Unity will purchase the remainder of fixed interest manager Altius Asset Management. In a statement to Financial Standard, Australian Unity Wealth chief executive David Bryant said it is part ...

Sun rising in Japan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2017
The sun appears to be rising in the Land of the Rising Sun. Japanese consumer confidence rose to a reading of 43.1 in December from 40.9 in the previous month supported by a rally in the stock market and the yen's depreciation versus the US dollar. ...

Slack Eurozone labour

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2017
The Eurozone's unemployment rate remained unchanged at 9.8% in November from October. This is in line with market expectations, the lowest in seven years (September 2009) and an improvement from the 10.5% rate recorded in the same month a year earlier. ...

Every American's turning optimist

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2017
The IBD/TIPP Economic Optimism Index continues to run of rising optimism in the United States following Trump's triumph at the November 2016 US presidential polls. The index - designed by the Investor's Business Daily (IBD) and TechnoMetrica Institute ...

Legalsuper hires compliance exec from Mercer

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2017
A new executive manager compliance joined legalsuper this week. Kaye Wheatley-Brown joins the $3 billion, 40,000-member superannuation fund from Mercer, where she was principal, senior risk and compliance leader, financial services, advice and insurance. ...

FPA educating future planning generation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2017
Engaging the next generation and creating awareness of financial planning as a career is crucial to ensuring the future of the industry, according to the Financial Planning Association of Australia. Speaking to Financial Standard, FPA chief executive ...

China's inflation off target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2017
China's consumer price inflation eased to 2.1% in the year to December from 2.3% in the previous month. This is below Beijing's target of 3.0% and less than market expectations for a 2.3% increase - sparked by four consecutive months of rising producer ...

Trump makes small beautiful

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2017
The National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB) business optimism index surged to its highest level since December 2004, jumping to a reading of 105.8 last month and continuing the optimism - the index gained 3.5 points to 98.4 in November ...