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Fintechs pose disintermediation threat: CFA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2017
The latest CFA Institute report shows fintechs specialising in blockchain, robo-advice, mobile payments and peer-to-peer lending have the highest potential to disintermediate the financial services industry. CFA Society Sydney president Anthony Serhan ...

Low inflation exporter

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2017
... Reserve Board published the results of its study entitled, "Is China "Exporting Deflation""? The paper found that China is not. This is because, among other things, US imports from China accounted for roughly 7.8% of total US imports. But that was using ...

Responsible investment continues to gain acceptance among investors

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 10 JUL 2017
... advisers said RI options were limited or that the category lacked quality choices, while 51% of US financial advisers said RI did not provide the same rate of return as other investment strategies. More than 55% of investors believed RI offered a lower ...

Transport bolsters listed infrastructure demand

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 JUL 2017
Australian listed infrastructure offers some of the best quality assets and highly attractive yields, not only across the Asia-Pacific region but on a global scale, an investment specialist says. The transportation sector, particularly airports and ...

Government closes super loophole

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 10 JUL 2017
... of reports that the removal of the loophole will "advisedly impact a number of veterans." "It is clear [the Government has] not taken into consideration how this change would impact those veterans' who have since elected for this tax treatment and the ...

Looking ahead key to flipping bad money habits

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 10 JUL 2017
... year, despite two million Australians having less than $1000 in savings to begin with. It also shows 35% of Australians do not have a dedicated savings account and are spending all of their income by pay-day. This is supported by the 61% who do not have ...

Economics 101 is dead

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 JUL 2017
... 2007 (pre-GFC) and represents a very sharp improvement from the peak 17.1% rate recorded in late 2009/early 2010. If these do not read high demand and less supply, I'm not sure what does. But the law of supply and demand we learned in Economics 101 does ...

Brexit endangers EU asset manager passport

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 JUL 2017
... to seek out a fair trade agreement that will include financial services, but this is very ambitious, and potentially it's not even legally feasible if you look at the wording of EU treaties," she warns. It has until March 2019 to agree on the terms and ...

Quantifeed launches portfolio for car lovers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 10 JUL 2017
... portfolio tracking the performance of companies involved in the emerging self-driving cars industry is valuable for advisers, not only because of the potential growth that represents for their clients' portfolios, but also because it's a sector that ...

Sunsuper acquires multi-million dollar shopping centre

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  SATURDAY, 8 JUL 2017
Sunsuper is purchasing a major shopping centre in sub-regional New South Wales, marking the $45 billion super fund's first direct retail acquisition. Marketown Shopping Centre in Newcastle is being acquired by AMP Capital on behalf of Sunsuper for about ...