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Robo-advice register launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2018
... said the register of 36 robo-advisers was launched to provide consumers more transparency about the emerging world of finance solutions. "The fact that only 14% of Australians receive advice despite the large majority needing assistance with their finances ...

Chief economist update: If you can't beat Trump, copy Trump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2018
... that the Chinese government has now borrowed a leaf from its adversary in the form of tax cuts. China's Ministry of Finance and the State Administration of Taxation has just published the personal income tax deduction plan (the final version is scheduled ...

Qualitas seizes non-bank financing opportunities

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2018
... yesterday, Schwartz hopes to give retail investors such as self-managed super funds direct exposure to commercial real estate finance and help fill the gap. QRI is being launched at a time when the demand for non-bank real estate financing is growing ...

APRA readies ADIs for BEAR

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2018
... set to take effect on 1 July 2019. The prudential regulator released guidance for the smaller players in the banking and finance industry after implementing the regime for the larger banks from 1 July 2018. The information paper notes one key element ...

BTFG expands tobacco divestment

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2018
... The fund - which serves health and community services employees - is among 85 founding signatories to the Tobacco-Free Finance Pledge, representing more than $6 trillion in assets under management. HESTA chief executive Debby Blakey said the fund was ...

Real estate investment manager bolsters debt team

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2018
... investment opportunity for non-bank lenders and debt funds to provide a meaningful share of future commercial real estate debt finance in Australia."

Financial services employment to boom

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2018
... at a six-year high, despite the Royal Commission. Latest figures from Manpower show the net employment outlook for the finance, insurance and real estate sectors is up 21% for the fourth quarter of 2018. This is the strongest outlook since the third ...

Colonial First State to cut tobacco by 2020

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2018
... State has vouched to offload all its tobacco-related investments by 2020, as it signs on to the UN-endorsed Tobacco-Free Finance Pledge. CFS currently has less than 1% of total assets in tobacco-related investments but declined to disclose the actual ...

Former AustralianSuper risk boss joins AMP super boards

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2018
... former group executive of Perpetual's equities division, Cathy Doyle. Doyle's career includes 25 years of work across finance, superannuation and consumer services, which saw her in senior management roles with the likes of BNP Paribas, Commonwealth ...

Northern Trust appoints head of quant

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2018
... investments portfolio manager and a multi-manager portfolio manager in Australia and the US. He has a master's degree in finance from UNSW's Australian School of business and a bachelor of business and advanced diploma in financial planning from ...