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Chief economist update: Trump tweets bull market back into China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2019
... the US increase in tariffs now scheduled for March 1. Assuming both sides make additional progress, we will be planning a Summit for President Xi and myself, at Mar-a-Lago, to conclude an agreement. A very good weekend for US & China!" The benchmark ...

Macquarie boss joins climate change commission

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2018
... commission will oversee preparation of a flagship report and present its findings and recommendations at the 2019 UNSG Climate Summit. "The report will be informed by input from the world's leading scientific, economic and policy analysis institutes ...

APRA will rethink how it assesses risk: Byres

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2018
... appropriately be done through our submissions and evidence to the Commission itself," Byres said in his speech at the FINSIA Summit in Sydney this morning. Byres also wondered out aloud about APRA's approach to risk. "Consistent with prudential supervisors ...

Industry fund cuts property portfolio emissions

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2018
... investment officer Kristian Fok laid out a roadmap of what the fund wants to achieve at the recent Global Climate Action Summit held in San Francisco. He said the move was based on a commercial decision that reflects the super fund's values as a responsible ...

Group insurers pressed for resources

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2018
... always easy to find those people," she said. Carey and Phillips spoke at a panel discussing group insurance at the FSC Summit last week. Other speakers included TAL's Brett Clark and APRA's Adrian Rees. The session was led by MLC Life Insurance's ...

Poor tech derails financial services marketing: Study

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2018
... of increased spend in 2018, second only to content creation. The study was presented at the Mumbrella Finance Marketing Summit in Sydney last week. It was done in conjunction with Ipsos and surveyed 1500 financial services customers and more than 250 ...

Banks take 1500 days to identify breaches: ASIC

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2018
... average of 1500 days to internally identify breaches in conduct, ASIC chair James Shipton said in his address at the FSC Summit in Melbourne today. And this is only the first step in the reporting the breach to ASIC, he said. The findings are from an ...

Best in show should not dampen competition: Bowen

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2018
... Productivity Commission, yet the best in show approach must be careful that it doesn't dampen competition. Speaking at the FSC Summit in Melbourne on Wednesday, Bowen said any model that dampens competition would not be in members' interests "And then ...

BTFG will pay back grandfathered commissions to customers

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2018
... the benefit of banning grandfathered commissions to its clients instead of retaining it, the Financial Services Council Summit heard. BT Financial Group general manager advice Michael Wright told Financial Standard the exact form in which the clients ...

Future of superannuation leads FSC Summit

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2018
... was a key message from PwC asset and wealth management leader Craig Cummins as he opened the Financial Services Council Summit in Melbourne this morning. Setting the tone for the next two days, Cummins said while financial adviser groups and distributors ...