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Product agnostic planners boost ETFs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2018
... market is also expected to rise, with Cerulli hearing of more and more professional institutions - including investment banks - using ETFs, and not necessarily for passive purposes, but also as an active thematic position," Cerulli said. "These factors ...

Royal Commission begins in February

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2018
... will not be a never-ending lawyers' picnic." The inquiry was formed following an open letter to Turnbull from the big four banks, requesting you and your government to act to ensure a properly constituted inquiry into the financial services sector is ...

Supervised Investments wins global fixed income mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2018
... the strategy, J.P. Morgan Asset Management head of Australia funds David Hallifax said: "The key to 2018 will be central banks and the extent to which they continue to support bond markets through ultra-accommodative policies. Our strategy employs a ...

SMSFs shifting focus for diversification

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2018
... consumer discretionary stocks also proved popular. The top 10 domestic equity investments for SMSFs comprised the big four banks, Telstra, BHP Billiton, Wesfarmers, CSL, Woolworths and Woodside Petroleum. Separately, new data released by the Australian ...

Commonwealth Bank launches chatbot banker

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2018
... artificial intelligence will play an increasingly important role as digital banking moves beyond enabling seamless transactions. "Banks are moving towards providing personalised and insightful online banking experiences for our customers, and artificial ...

Money managers eye household debt

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2018
The US Federal Reserve is raising interest rates and other central banks have signalled they too will pare stimulatory measures introduced in the wake of the GFC, all of which has significant consequences for money managers in 2018. The Reserve Bank ...

Life insurance consumers shun financial advisers

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018
... information and tools. "In the past, most Australians would outsource their insurance requirements to financial advisers and banks. This world continues to change and is driven by more savvy consumers as well as increased digital resources," Brown said. ...

Independent expert awaits bank remuneration guidelines

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018
... Association to review its consumer protection reforms, Ian McPhee, voiced his disappointment that not all participating banks have published their "overarching principles on remuneration and incentives." While McPhee was overall positive about the progress ...

J.P. Morgan wins global fixed income mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2018
... the strategy, J.P. Morgan Asset Management head of Australia funds David Hallifax said: "The key to 2018 will be central banks and the extent to which they continue to support bond markets through ultra-accommodative policies. Our strategy employs a ...

Global wealth manager champions embattled digital currencies

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2018
... value." Now Green says: "There is an appetite, a huge and growing one, for currencies that are not controlled by central banks and governments. Supporters believe that these digital currencies are part of the antidote to what they see as the ills caused ...