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EY issues ICO theft warning

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2018
... solely on a white paper are always going to be risky and extremely speculative," the report said. The US originated the highest volume of ICOs of US$1bn, followed by Russia and China each raising US$300m; Australia raised about $34m. The research also ...

Chief economist update: No stealth tapering, no exit strategy...yet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2018
... about ¥80 trillion. With so much liquidity sloshing around the system, the Nikkei-225 index jumped 1.3% to close at its highest level - 24,124.15 points - in 26 years despite the yen's advance to a ¥110.41 close versus the greenback from ¥110.92 before ...

Australia's wealth gap deepens: Oxfam

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2018
... - mainly women - making clothes for household Australian brands are often paid poverty wages, Szoke said. Some of the highest paid chief executives in Australia's clothing retail sector earn about $6 million a year on average, while women in Bangladesh ...

Mercer increases Japanese footprint via acquisition

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2018
... powerful resources will further empower our ability to deliver quality client solutions across Japan - which remains our highest priority," Kawana said. Mercer said that the demand for new thinking around investment, more sophisticated solutions and ...

Chief economist update: ECB sees low rates for longer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2018
... the latest readings from the IHS Markit Eurozone survey that showed the composite PMI rising 58.1 in December 2017 - the highest since February 2011 - on the back of a surge in the manufacturing PMI to a record high 60.6 and a jump in the services PMI ...

Satisfaction with industry super rising

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 12 JAN 2018
... with the financial performance of industry funds sits at 59.2%, just higher than retail funds at 57.5%. QSuper had the highest satisfaction with 70%, followed by Cbus (67.4%), Unisuper (66.4%), First State Super (64.6%) and HESTA (62.3%). Colonial First ...

Praemium chief flags UK pensions investments after record inflows

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JAN 2018
... gross inflows of $764 million, $216 million of which came from international sources, Praemium said this represents the "highest on record." This brought gross inflows for the full year up 54% to $2.55 billion, and total assets under management to $7.4 ...

UBS tops Australasian adviser tables for mergers and acquisitions

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 9 JAN 2018
... invested outside of its shores, APAC outbound M&A plunged. It said inbound activity was up 21.9% by value, marking the highest on Mergermarket record. It said private equity investment in APAC stood at US$122.7bn across 445 deals in 2017. The value hit ...

Life insurance inflows stable: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2018
... year-on-year with mixed company-level results. Among the market leaders, BT / Westpac (7.5%) and TAL (7.2%) experienced the highest inflows; Zurich's inflows jumped by 63.7% largely due to the acquisition of Macquarie Life. Individual risk income inflows ...

Happier New Year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2018
... 2000 (+1.6%) -- surged to new record highs; so has the FTSE-100 index (+0.47%); the All Ordinaries Index soared to its highest level in a decade (+1.0%); the Nikkei-225 to its best in more than a quarter of a century (+4.2%). While the Eurozone's major ...