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FS Power50 announces most influential advisers

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2017
... community-based projects and/or other initiatives designed to promote the important role that financial advisers play in the country's socio-economic future. All 50 financial advisers featured in the list were also screened to ensure they are all licensed ...

Aussie fintech usage surges

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017
... fintechs commonly for money transfer and payments. According to Fintech Australia, there are 400 fintech companies in the country, 72% of which supply services to businesses and 54% cater to consumers. The sector is proving to be lucrative, with median ...

China's inflation lift indicates strong demand

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017
... with the previous day's report of a narrowing in China's international trade surplus in October, the latest update on the country's inflation indicates the central government's progress towards rebalancing the economy. China's CPI inflation rate accelerated ...

China trade deficit with Australia widens

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2017
... Australia's top commodity exports - as Beijing proceeds with its on-going efforts to reduce over-capacity and improving the country's air quality, among others. China's iron ore imports declined to 79.5 million tonnes in October from September's record ...

BTIM delivers record profit despite fee pressure

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2017
... areas," he said. Gonzalez explained this was because BTIM was avoiding introducing large cap "closet index" vehicles in the country. "Where we've had success there is in highly-active, alpha-driven products. What we're selling there is outside the mainstream ...

China poised for asset management boom

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2017
... half of the industry's new asset flows in two years' time, as highlighted in its whitepaper analysing the state of the country's asset management industry. In 13 years' time, the Chinese market should represent more than US$17 trillion in assets under ...

Fintech firm launches $7.5m IPO

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2017
... integration of AI and cloud capabilities into the investment sector," Ward said. "With our two-tier offering, targeting the country's growing number of self-directed investors, we are uniquely positioned at the forefront of this second evolution with ...

Oil's gift to central bankers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2017
... of it. According to Investopedia, "The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is often cited as the world's largest oil producer. The country produces 13.24% of the oil consumed in the entire world daily. Saudi Arabia has the second-largest reserves of naturally occurring ...

Surefire Melbourne Cup bet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2017
... one's viewpoint, certainly not the RBAs) by last week's report by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) showing the country's headline CPI inflation rate decelerated to a lower than expected 1.8% in the September quarter. And this is thanks to us ...

Robo-advice raises alarm: ARRIA

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2017
... test by giving each the same simplistic target: to pay her young children's private school fees. Every robo asked for a country of origin; only one asked for a tax bracket - but what was "scary" was that not one asked if the funds would be used for private ...