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Transparency to the max

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2017
... complacence. Yes, there's none of that from Madam Yellen this time. What gives? I could only surmise that what gave are the central banks giving financial markets "almost" real time information about their policy leanings. Fedspeak had been replaced ...

The BOJ's educated hope

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2017
... Bank of Japan's monetary policy decisions were as wide as their geographic locations, perhaps wider. While both central banks kept existing policies unchanged at their September meetings, the divergence in forward guidance widened even more after the ...

Fed does the thinkable

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2017
... understands what the causes are" of persistently low inflation only increased her credibility (after, all most major world central banks are also dumbfounded by this modern day development). Chair Yellen added that: "What we need to figure out is whether ...

Stressed Aussies increasingly tempted to access advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2017
... has committed to increasing the number of loans it annually provides low income Australians. Over the next two years the banks plans to increase the number to 100,000 from 26,000. "We are proud that through our long-standing partnership with Good Shepherd ...

Lack of expertise driving down competition: APRA

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2017
... expectations will also likely negatively impact industry ROE," APRA said. The regulator did observe, however, that Australian banks have been taking steps to improve ROE expectations - largely by divesting parts of their wealth operations. "A significant ...

BEAR regime must extend entire industry: Medcraft

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 SEP 2017
The conduct and culture within Australia's big banks is a major problem and the Government's proposed executive accountability regime is a step in the right direction - though it may not go far enough, ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft said. Speaking at a ...

Superannuation and debt: Inextricably linked

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 SEP 2017
... exposed to sequencing risk. And if you have more than $1.5 million you'll probably be fine, but if you invest in some silly banks and do some silly things, you may lose all of it. In which case, whose problem do you become? The state's." For this reason ...

BGL integrates with Xero for single database

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 12 SEP 2017
... Xero HQ to be released to clients in coming months. Simple Fund 360 is now supports over 200 integration partners including banks, brokers, wraps, platforms and practice management solutions. The announcement coincides with the release of the Xero Small ...

Adviser, SMSF demand driving LIC growth

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017
... ($313m), Plato Income Maximiser ($325.9m) and Viva Energy REIT ($91m) among others. MinterEllison also reported the major banks each having to raise between $3 billion and $5 billion in additional capital due to APRA lifting capital adequacy requirements ...

BNP Paribas AM acquires fintech

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017
... launched a proprietary B2C robo-adviser, Birdee, which is currently being rolled-out by a growing number of private and retail banks, asset managers and insurance companies across Europe. "The partnership with one of the most advanced robo-advisory solutions ...