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Chief economist update: Where are the BOJ exit speculators now?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2018
... 2018's 1.3% annual rate, driven by higher prices for food (up 2.4%) - pushed higher by the series of typhoons that hit the country - and energy (up 8.9%). Calmer weather conditions and the sharp reversal in crude oil prices suggest a corresponding ...

Melbourne boutique hires deputy CIO

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2018
... role, Samranvedhya was a portfolio manager for the Hong Kong Monetary Authority where she specialised in rates and cross-country bond allocation for about eight years. Her expertise is in foreign reserve and high-grade bond portfolio management across ...

AMP partners with Morningstar

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2018
... rigorous independent analysis and deep experience will be highly valued by AMP, with the largest network of advisers in the country," he said. Morningstar cemented a similar partnership with BT Financial Group last year. BTFG's internal research ...

Aussie companies drop dividends

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2018
... $700 million from its dividends to shareholders in the midst of a restructuring. Bank dividends also flat lined as the country's highest-dividend payers kept dividend rates on hold, except for CBA which made an increase of 0.5%. "Australian banks have ...

Special Report: Hitting new ETF goals

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2018
... on. Active managers take bets against the index and try to beat or outperform it. If an index has a 10% allocation to a country, active managers will consciously deviate and take overweight or underweight positions depending on their particular view ...

Swiss manager invests in Queensland solar

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2018
... Melbourne-based AFM investors in Australia to distribute and market the fund. It's looking to raise capital in the country with two of its funds: the SUSI OECD energy transition fund and the SUSI Asia energy transition fund. The OECD strategy will ...

Global tech wars disrupt $600m market

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2018
... employs identification technologists to implement this trend. There are currently more than 6.2 million millennials in the country with an average economic capacity of $96,000 - just $6000 short of the average economic capacity across the total Australian ...

Gender diversity in advice dormant

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2018
... Commonwealth Financial Planning, Westpac and NAB. From a geographic perspective, despite having the fewest advisers in the country, the Northern Territory has the highest proportion of female advisers, coming in at 37%. This is followed by the Australian ...

Lazard appoints former Bennelong director

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2018
... demonstrable commitment to servicing both our retail and institutional clients located in the southern regions of the country," Cuddy said. "We are delighted that Adam has agreed to join our team. He brings with him outstanding investment and business ...

The lucky country for fintechs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2018
A new report points to Australia as a leader in supporting the development of fintech solutions and exploring their potential. In a new research paper, the Alliance for Financial Inclusion has reviewed the varying approaches of some of the world's developing ...