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Chief economist update: Is TLTRO III coming?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2018
Minutes of the European Central Bank's (ECB) 24-25 October Governing Council meeting confirmed that it remains on track to end its net asset purchases - currently at a monthly pace of €15 billion - by the end of December 2018. No probs here. We've ...

Overhaul executive remuneration: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2018
Financial Standard readers have decried how banking and financial services executives are remunerated following insight into how CBA remunerated its executives at the financial services Royal Commission. Eighty-nine percent of respondents in our recent ...

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

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2018
In the early months of this year, financial markets were abuzz with speculations that the Bank of Japan (BOJ) would follow the Fed's lead and start implementing an exit strategy. Speculations started to gain prominence as early as January when the ...

Super fund slashes fees, switches administrator

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2018
A $5.5 billion superannuation fund scrapped several fees, discounted its insurance premiums and changed administrators. EISS Super announced several changes that took effect from 1 October 2018 affecting its superannuation, pension, retirement scheme ...

Inside Bennelong and its UK engine room

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2018
Thirteen months on from securing its first boutique partners, the UK business of Bennelong Funds Management is ready to scale up. But will Brexit get in the way? Speaking to Financial Standard in London recently, BennBridge chief operating officer Greg ...

Special Report: Hitting new ETF goals

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2018
More investors are turning to fixed income ETFs as a way to finetune their bond portfolios. Karren Vergara finds out what is driving the demand and why this new wave of defensive ETFs is here to stay. Recalling the sharp market correction that stung ...

ASIC bans Perth adviser

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2018
ASIC has banned a Perth-based adviser after a court found he stole more than $100,000 of superannuation money from his clients. Craig James Wilson was employed by an advice firm that was a representative of the Westpac-controlled licensee Securitor ...

Merger to create $885m LIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2018
Two listed investment companies will merge to create an $885 million single entity. WAM Leaders (WLE) is set to acquire 100% of Century Australia Investments (CYA), a LIC that primarily invests in the S&P/ASX 300 and has $97 million is assets. CYA aims ...

ETPs attracting money despite volatility

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2018
October's volatility wiped out $1.4 billion from Australian exchange-traded products but investors continued to pour in record-levels of new money, according to VanEck. The ETP industry was $41.9 billion strong at September end but October's volatility ...

Chief economist update: Buy the dip or sell the rallies?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2018
This from the morning Factset 'Top Stories' feed: Why are stocks lower? Weakness in US equities follows big bounce over last couple of weeks in the wake of October selloff. iPhone demand concerns weighing heavily on AAPL-US, supply chain names ...