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Chief economist update: Famous last words

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2018
... appears to have diminished over the past month or so." July 20, 2008 - "The GSEs are adequately capitalised. They are in no danger of failing." And then wham bam thank you ma'am, Lehman Bros. filed for bankruptcy on 15 September 2008, setting off ...

Royal Commission on social media: Former Treasurer weighs in

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2018
As the Royal Commission turned its attention to superannuation this week, financial services executives and commentators took to twitter to have their say. The Royal Commission into banking is correct... having multiple super accounts may mean paying ...

Raiz beefs up security with AI

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2018
Micro-investing platform Raiz Invest struck a deal with a US-based cyber security firm to help protect the platform from hackers. Raiz appointed Seattle-based Versive to deploy its security engine in the platform, which grows at over 20% per quarter. ...

SPECIAL FEATURE: Breaking the custody mould

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2018
... trading patterns to predict when a trade is likely to fail. SmartChaser can identify the subset of trades that are most in danger of failing, suggest the reasons why, and propose the actions needed to rescue them - thereby ensuring middle office teams ...

Aussie retirees blindsided by cost of living: Schroders

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2018
... head of retirement Lesley-Ann Morgan said achieving a comfortable retirement came down to saving earlier. "There is a real danger that people globally are underestimating the proportion of their retirement income that will need to be allocated to basic ...

AFA criticises draft FASEA standard

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2018
The Association of Financial Advisers released its assessment of the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority's 12 draft standards, pointing to numerous areas that need clarity and focus, particularly around governance at the licensee level. ...

Chief economist update: View from the National Farmers' Federation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2018
... similarly. If we agree to GIs, it could mean Australian products can't use familiar names on Australian shelves. But a bigger danger is the EU's adoption of the 'precautionary principle' as the basis for food safety or chemical regulation. We can't allow ...

ASIC adds life insurance to school curriculums

KARREN VERGARA AND JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2017
... goals. Through a concert, multimedia presentation and talkback, the band discusses topics such as predatory lending, the danger of credit card debt, saving early and investing, while also exposing the myth of overnight success as perpetuated by athletes ...

Revisiting the active versus passive cage fight

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2017
... a place in the broader portfolio construction question," the massive flows into indexing strategies is leading to "the danger of cheap and dumb investing." He said that if "everybody moves into passive, all hell breaks loose" in the market, noting that ...

Markets are stronger than Trump

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2017
Ariel Investments president Mellody Hobson believes market fundamentals are stronger than any current geopolitical volatility. Speaking at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees Super Investment Conference on the Gold Coast, Hobson said ...