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Beyond the China A shares hype

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2019
... China, Hong Kong-based Treves pointed out. ASEAN, which includes Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines, is the third most populous region and the sixth largest economy in aggregate. Even before the trade tensions began, many corporations were ...

Chief economist update: Hard target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2019
... conditions rose to a reading of +3 in June from +1 in the previous month, but remained below its long-run average (+5) for the third straight month. Business confidence dropped back below its long-run average of +6 to a reading of +2 - which had been ...

Sovereign investors go back to fixed income

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2019
... increase allocations to it over the next 12 months, which Invesco expects to be taken from USD, EUR and GBP. Nearly one third of sovereign investors decreased allocations to Europe in 2018 and a similar number are planning further decreases in 2019. ...

Responsible investments outperform mainstream

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2019
... responsible investment strategy; this was followed by corporate advocacy and shareholder action. Negative screening was the third most popular strategy in Australia - however, globally negative screening ranks as the first most popular responsible investment ...

Shadforth signs new tech partner

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2019
Shadforth Financial Group has signed a new partner to provide third-party clearing and settlement services. FinClear will now deliver trading, clearing and settlement services to Shadforth, along with its TradeCentre front-end technology. FinClear chief ...

Financial scams smash Australia

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2019
... report also noted banks consider the phenomena an emerging challenge in fraud risk as they ready themselves for the influx of third parties seeking to access customer data. Faulkner said differences exist between Australian banks and their international ...

Netwealth distribution lead exits

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2019
... overall satisfaction as 'very good'. It also recently renewed its sponsorship of financial education platform Banqer for the third year running. The platform aims to boost the financial literacy of school children.

Instos flex influence over investee companies

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2019
... Forty-five percent of institutional investors believed they influence how a company is structured. In terms of dialogue, one third talk directly with corporate management; one fifth interact with the investment bank and not with the company; and half ...

Group life premiums topple benefits paid: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2019
... Australia, took in $3.4 billion worth of premiums and paid out $1.3 billion in benefits. BT Financial Group paid out about a third or $896 million of the $2.7 billion premiums it collected over the period, while MLC Super received $3.3 billion of premiums ...

AstuteWheel adds capability

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2019
Financial planning software provider AstuteWheel launched the third generation of its software solution, with new regtech capabilities. The third generation of the firm's software adds functionality, with a new base product allowing advisers to onboard ...