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Zurich awards $100m passive mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2019
... asset manager, which assists in delivering better value to our customers," Drennan said. The mandate was appointed on November 8 as Zurich swapped managers. Zurich Investment Management has a total of $2.5 billion in assets under management. The current ...

Chief economist update: Is the US about to join the global slowdown club?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2019
... expectations for a 0.2% gain. Year-on-year, growth in retail spending slowed to 2.3% in the 12 months to December from 4.2% in November and 4.7% in October. As such, the Atlanta Fed's GDPNow forecast model now predicts US GDP growth of 1.5% (annualised) ...

Donations now accepted via Instagram

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2019
... from its parent company Facebook's success with a similar functionality. Facebook introduced charity tools in 2015. In November last year, Facebook said users raised more than US$1 billion for non-profits as well as personal causes. For example, Save ...

ClearView launches client-engagement guide

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2019
... strategies to boost trust, loyalty and retention. ClearView also surveyed people in financial planning industry over November and December, as a part of its Client Retention Survey, whose findings are examined in the free guide. About 75% said their ...

Chief economist update: Unchanged RBNZ stance would force it to change stance

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2019
... "The New Zealand money market unwound some of its gains but is still pricing in a 60 percent chance of a rate cut by November this year, ANZ said in a note." As in the RBA, the Fed's pause offers the RBNZ scope to at the very least shift to an easing ...

Westpac mulls sale of in-house planners

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2019
... major banks­ - ANZ, Commonwealth Bank and National Australia Bank - announced plans to divest wealth management arms. In November last year, Westpac chief executive Brian Hartzer also said the economics of providing financial advice via BT Financial ...

Macquarie expects profit jump

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2019
... five main operating groups, which together raked in a net profit of $1.2 billion in first half of FY19, as announced on November 2. Macquarie Asset Management contributed 29% to 1H19, commodities and global markets contributed 27%, corporate and asset ...

Netflix-style shopping for funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2019
... fulfilment. The feedback is data-led and is not subjective or based on shareholder trading activity at a later date. Around November, Forum 360 will introduce a neutral meeting place where investors can browse funds, listed companies, Netflix style ...

Chief economist update: UK economy slows on Brexit woes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2019
... below the MPC's 2% target in the near term, largely due to the sharp fall in petrol prices which has occurred since November." The BOE was spot on. Perhaps it's already seen in advance the UK's National Accounts report for the December 2018 ...

Hayne report raises professionalism stakes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2019
... requires advisers to report misconduct and breaches. It also requires them to be a member of a code monitoring body by 15 November 2019. Hayne is non-prescriptive in regards to the relationship a new body would have with these code monitoring bodies ...