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One Direction and the BOE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 MAR 2017
... Bank Rate by 25 basis points". While Kristin is due to leave the BOE in June, Reuters reports that "some others said it would not take much for them to follow suit". Looking at the UK's macro-economy, Kristin and the "some others" may have a point. The ...

Major ASIC project finds serious financial advice concerns

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2017
... with a further 75 under investigation. ASIC noted that in December 2015, of the 149 SCC advisers ASIC had identified, 73 had not been the subject of a breach report or any other notification from their licensee prior to licensees' obligatory reporting ...

Global insurance tech eyes Australian expansion

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2017
... core systems" while they focus on member engagement. "Our partnership with Sequential delivers on our commitment to provide not only the best software available, but also exceptional consulting capability," Kelly said. "Sequential will significantly ...

No such thing as a must own company: Analyst

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2017
... Motors in 2008, when it had US$58.4 million in underfunded pension and healthcare entitlements; however, this liability was not reflected in its price or earnings numbers. "The share price generally does not include debt, underfunded pensions or healthcare ...

Compliance and cybersecurity keeping bankers awake

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2017
... "They need to be relentless in driving out costs and managing risks. The key to success will be building a better ecosystem, not a bigger bank," Dring said. "Even in today's challenging and volatile global market, uncertainty cannot be an excuse for ...

More fires than hires

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2017
... seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose to 5.9% in February from 5.7% in the previous month, and the participation rate could not be used as an excuse for it remained unchanged 64.6%. The year-over-year figures indicate a softening in the Australian ...

Robo-advice portfolios benefiting from quant factors

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2017
... portfolios." "Financial institutions, on the other hand, can also capture the opportunity of digital wealth management services not only by servicing this segment of clients remotely, but also by delivering to them an enhanced portfolio performance," ...

BTIM builds out multi-asset team

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2017
... portfolio managers," Gonzalez said. "John Wood, who has been with JOHCM for 11 years and in the industry for 26 years, has not only generated excellent returns for our clients through his management of the top decile-ranked UK Opportunities Fund, but ...

Credit Suisse fined for systems mishap

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2017
... appropriate price limits in place across its automated order processing (AOP) systems. The watchdog found Credit Suisse did not have the appropriate price filters for more than five years, during which about 9800 orders for options were transacted. The ...

AMP Capital overhauls ESG investment strategy

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2017
... involves excluding investments in tobacco, cluster munitions, landmines, biological and chemical weapons manufacturers that do not meet the minimum ethical standards it requires. About $440 million of tobacco manufacturing-related equity and fixed income ...