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UBS fined for careless conduct

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2018
... was no intention to contravene market integrity rules. "The conduct neither caused financial loss to UBS' clients or to third parties nor benefitted UBS beyond the brokerage that would otherwise have been received by UBS," the ASIC statement said.

Australia's first active fixed income ETF goes live

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2018
... ETF opportunity Legg Mason runs about $26 billion in Australian investor assets through its nine affiliates. This is its third ETF listing this year. The ETF could be a significant capital raising opportunity for Western Asset, adding more than $100 ...

Aussie companies drop dividends

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2018
Australian companies paid about $820 million less in dividends in the third quarter than the corresponding period from 2017 as dividend growth at local banks flat lined. ASX-listed companies paid out US$24.5 billion ($33.5bn) to shareholders in quarter ...

AI ramping up but legal risks remain

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2018
... and develop their fintech offerings and their use of AI-driven regtech solutions," Lawrence said. Looking inwards, only a third (38%) of financial institutions are confident they themselves understand the legal risks of the AI technologies they are adopting. ...

Special Report: Hitting new ETF goals

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2018
... significantly in Australia and offshore throughout the GFC. In 2007, the sectors were relatively balanced at roughly one-third high-grade, government and credit respectively as reflected in the Bloomberg AusBond Index - but this has changed. Now, he ...

Chief economist update: Faster wages growth a one-off?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2018
... and an acceleration from the 2.1% rate recorded in the June quarter. Private sector wages grew by 2.14% in the year to the third quarter, up a fraction from 2.07 in the second. Public servants' pay increased by 2.47% from 2.41%. Hip, hip... Australians ...

Global tech wars disrupt $600m market

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2018
... clients will allow access to certain data as long as they are used to enhance the user experience and not to upsell. The third important theme addressed by the "Future of Money" panel is the 100-point identification system. "Most of that data is not ...

Trust in advice hits record low

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2018
Consumer trust in financial planning is at an all-time low and those engaged in financial advice are significantly less likely to recommend it post-Royal Commission, new research shows. A new survey from Investment Trends asking consumers to rate trust ...

Hedge funds fall out of favour with instos: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2018
... investors' alternatives portfolios, private equity managers are seeing heightened interest in their products. About a third of the 60 institutional investors canvassed in EY's Global Hedge Fund Survey plan to increase allocations to private equity. ...

Gender diversity in advice dormant

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2018
... stagnant for several years. However, looking at advice groups, three of the big four banks have numbers approaching one third of their total adviser force. About 27% of the advisers aligned with Commonwealth Bank are female and women make up 26% of the ...