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Wealth management products make big leaps in digital sales readiness

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2018
Australians can now apply for 60% of all wealth management products offered by the country's biggest banks from their mobile phones, according to a fintech which helps financial services companies acquire clients. Avoka measured digital sales readiness ...

ASIC totally unprepared for advice reforms: Tynan

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2018
... Standard, Tynan said the key issue is that ASIC is part of a club which only hears its own noise. He said several of the country's largest financial institutions and consultants were also part of said club. "The reality is the 90-day exception, buyer ...

Industry Super Australia chief executive resigns

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018
... behalf of ISA has resulted in the establishment of one of the most high-performing peak financial services bodies in the country, delivering exceptional policy outcomes for everyday working Australians." "Whiteley's track record of championing strong ...

Instos chasing EM debt for value

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2018
... the fundamentals are supporting EM for the first time in a while: synchronised global growth. In EM, there's only one country that will likely remain in recession and that is Venezuela." GSFM operates as the Australian distribution partner for Payden ...

Chief economist update: Trump trumps Brexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2018
... 1.8% in the previous quarter, more recent data indicate that the economy remains resilient to Brexit uncertainty. The country's unemployment rate stood at a 42-month low of 4.3% in January; March consumer confidence improved to its best level since May ...

Chief economist update: Another five minutes of retail sunshine?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018
... bank kept the official cash rate unchanged at 1.5% that day with the policy statement underscoring its optimism over the country's growth outlook: "The Bank's central forecast remains for faster growth in 2018" - supported by positive business conditions ...

Active managers must explain value better: Formica

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2018
... part of his strategy to drive client experience. At last week's media briefing he spoke about how regulations differ from country to country, meaning the firm will build regional solutions rather than trying to be one global platform. Janus Henderson ...

Chief economist update: Caught in the crossfire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2018
... war could morph from risk to reality. There'll be no place to hide if this happens. But one thing going for this 'Lucky Country' is that the Australian dollar is once again starting to rise to the occasion, the same thing it did during the Asian financial ...

Perpetual GM joins Evans Dixon ahead of IPO

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018
... public company structure gives us an opportunity to share our vision of creating the best wealth management firm in the country, providing excellent service for Australian institutions, Australian private investors and our international clients across ...

Chief economist update: The survey says...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018
... from 6.9% in 2017. If Trump's protectionism gets in the way, the PBOC has scope to ease monetary policy given that the country's core inflation rate (2.5%) remains below its target of around 3%. Ben Ong is the Director of Economics and Investments at ...