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Natixis bets on thematic investing

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2019
... Asset Management, as part of our multi-affiliate asset management model exemplifies Natixis' response turning a long-term trend from a challenge into an opportunity." Thematics Asset Management chair and chief investment officer Karen Kharmandarian said ...

Australian subscription firms outperform ASX growth index

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2019
A new report on the subscription economy has revealed Australian subscription companies grew revenues 10 times the rate of the ASX sales-per-share index. The report by Zoura found that over a seven year period, from 2012 to 2018, the companies featured ...

Chief economist update: Woe to the world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2019
You've been warned. It was only exactly one week ago when I discussed the VIX and MOVE indices - the fear gauge for the stock and bond markets, respectively - and how they've been sharply coming down since the Fed announced its pause very in ...

Banks move to derisk, workforces shrink

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2019
... operations, industry professionals, from support staff to investment management, face uncertainties in their careers. The trend towards self-licensing or non-institutionally owned AFSLs is continuing. Grandfathered commissions are to be phased out and ...

Chief economist update: RBA repeats history

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2019
... the seasonally adjusted estimates are highly volatile (full-time employment jumped by 65,600 in January). But the ABS' trend estimates (which irons out the monthly volatility in the seasonally adjusted stats) give no reason for optimism - the trend ...

Chief economist update: The AUD's resilience

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2019
... unchanged at a record low 1.5% - today. I imagine that the men and women of the RBA board would have discussed the slowing trend in the Australian economy, the multiplier effects of the housing downturn, tariff man Trump, the global slowdown (particularly ...

RBA issues stern climate change warning

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2019
The Reserve Bank of Australia says the economy faces an "abrupt" blow to financial stability from climate change. In a speech, RBA's deputy governor Guy Debelle said climate change will likely have a permanent effect on the Australian economic landscape. ...

TAL goes back-to-back at AFA awards

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2019
TAL went back-to-back, winning the Association of Financial Advisers' Life Company of the Year award for a second year running in Sydney recently. The life insurer took home the top gong as Platinum Winner of the AFA Life Company of the Year Award ...

Chief economist update: What's the RBA waiting for?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2019
... business confidence and conditions, consumer sentiment, lending to households and businesses - all but confirm the weakening trend in the domestic economic activity. Add to this the worsening out for the property market, underpinned by the continuing ...

More advisers using ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2019
The share of financial advisers using ETFs for their clients has increased last year, according to the latest BetaShares Investment Trends ETF report. About 47% of advisers used ETFs in 2017, the report shows. This number has since grown to 53%. A further ...