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AstuteWheel speeds up risk advice timeframe

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2018
... advice more efficiently over a three-stage process. The solution compresses the fact gathering stage down to 20 to 30 minutes. AstuteWheel managing director Hans Egger said there is no value in completing a fact find with the client in the meeting as ...

Chief economist update: RBA not cruising for a bruising

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2018
... governor Philip Lowe declared this in many of his recent speeches, the statement was even inked in black and white in the minutes of the RBA's April and May Board meetings but come June, it was no more. Could it be that the RBA has read about Financial ...

Asset manager awards admin mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2018
... solutions." In early March, Global Merces launched a regtech solution that slashes the managed funds application process to five minutes. FUND.ID, a straight through processing system, on-boards new clients using an electronic signature and bank level ...

Chief economist update: Another five minutes of sunshine?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2018
Australians all, let us rejoice! Our economy is in pole position. The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) National Accounts report showed the economy expanded by 3.1% in the year to the March quarter, accelerating from the 2.4% in the previous ...

Chief economist update: Italy and Spain an emerging ECB problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2018
... the European Central Bank's (ECB) concern over the "the threat of increased protectionism." This, according to the minutes of the ECB's April 26 Governing Council, would have "implications for the medium-term outlook for growth and prices." Still ...

Chief economist update: Fed will go hiking in June

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2018
... hike is coming soon! This is the almost unanimous verdict financial markets and the intelligentsia gave after reading the minutes of the US Federal Reserve's 1-2 May FOMC meeting. Can't blame them, it was there all for everybody to see or interpret ...

Managed accounts aid adviser time management

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2018
... The report shows using a managed account structure shaves the most time off investment administration work, saving 105 minutes per week. This is closely followed by selecting and/or researching investments which saves 97 minutes per week. Advisers also ...

Moving on up to target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2018
... PCE inflation reading is in line with expectations, both of the market and that of the Fed's. The Fed put this in the minutes of its March 20-21 Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting, noting that "all participants expected inflation on a 12-month ...

MLC launches digital underwriting platform

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2018
... digital underwriting platform and is promising to provide "instant quotes" for life insurance cover in as little as five minutes. The digital tool will query a comprehensive database of industry standard questions to assess a person's health and lifestyle ...

Chief economist update: Back to the shops

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2018
... the same period - lifting overall inflation in the economy. This gives credence to the Fed's thoughts revealed in the minutes of the 20-21 March FOMC meeting: "A number of participants indicated that the stronger outlook for economic activity, along ...